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Australian beer drinkers will soon see beer hit as much as $12 per schooner as brewers warn of the Federal Government’s second beer tax hike in six months.It means customers will pay up to $1.50 more per carton of beer.The Australian Brewers Association is pleading with Labor to freeze the alcohol excise for two years and halve the tax paid for tap beer. Source: Sky News

Conversations continue to swirl around Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy’s job security. The noise only seemed to increase after the Cowboys were eliminated from the playoffs by the San Francisco 49ers for a second straight year.The possibility of Jerry Jones hiring Sean Payton or another experienced coach still seems to loom over the franchise, but McCarthy said the Cowboys owner wants him to stick around for much longer. Following his third season and back-to-back 12-5 campaigns, McCarthy said that Jones told him his tenure could last as long as former longtime Cowboys coach Tom Landry’s. “As far as my relationship with…

A Manhattan elected official is demanding the NBA and NHL sanction Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan over his “outrageous use of facial recognition technology” to ban people he does not like from events. “I recognize that facial recognition software can aid in securing large venues, but Mr. Dolan has abused this technology to fuel his personal vendettas – not make games safer,” state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal wrote in a Jan. 27 letter to the commissioners of the NBA and NHL. “I implore both of your organizations to use your power and discipline MSG and Mr. Dolan for these alarming…

Exclusive: Five of the world’s biggest oil companies are expected to reveal profits equating to £5,000 a second between them while millions continue to struggle with rising energy billsOil giants have been slammed for preparing to announce an “obscene” £160billion profit bonanza when households are battling to make ends meet. Five of the world’s biggest producers will over the next fortnight reveal just how much they raked in last year. Analysts predict the annual haul will have doubled, on the back of sky-high energy prices that are causing misery for households and businesses. The forecast combined profits for BP, Shell,…

Whatever the conspiracy theorists tell you, no one plugs a microchip in to your brain at the registration desk at the World Economic Forum in Davos to ensure perfect harmony of thought. It is possible the microchips were inserted this year at the Global Collaboration Village — a “purpose-driven metaverse” — just up the main street from the conference centre, but sadly, this correspondent’s schedule did not permit time to find out.Nevertheless, the consensus around the direction of global markets in the comfortably carpeted corridors of power at the annual get-together this month was striking. In short, the thinking among…

Trunks of palm trees in the central square of Uruguay’s capital have been covered in neon-green cloth so that special effects can be added to a science-fiction series starring Keanu Reeves. At the racecourse across town, Berlin’s 1936 Olympic Games stadium has been recreated for a Chilean television drama. The scenes are part of Uruguay’s effort to become an audiovisual hub in Latin America by tempting foreign production companies with an increasing amount of tax credits for shooting on location.Tax breaks introduced in 2019 have helped to lure producers, offering projects worth between $300,000 and $4mn a rebate of up…

Internet scammers have been using the address of a Texas retiree to send sex-seeking men to her Plano home, prompting authorities to set up nearby traffic cameras to dissuade would-be Johns, police said Friday.Elaine White, 66, said she’s been plagued by more than two dozen men knocking on her door at all hours since April of last with the latest un-welcomed visitor dropping by on Jan. 16.White said the men have told her they paid money over Venmo and were given her address to rendezvous with women named “Rhonda,” “Kelly” “Nicki” and others.”I feel violated,” White told NBC News on Friday.…

Whether you realize it or not, it’s likely that most of your calorie intake may be coming from highly processed foods.Nearly 60% of the calories that make up a typical American diet come from ultra-processed foods like fries and cookies, per data from a 2017 study published in the journal Population Health Metrics.And not only are those foods bad for your health, but they’re also addictive, according to Joan Ifland, an expert on processed food addiction and founder of The Food Addiction Reset.”When you concentrate [foods], when you put them into a state where they can be absorbed very quickly,…

A shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday evening has left at least seven people dead and several wounded, including at least one child. The suspect who started shooting when he entered the synagogue and was killed by police, according to Israeli authorities.The shooter a Palestinian from East Jerusalem tried to escape in his car but was chased by police as he tried to escape on foot and was shot. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been updated on the attack and will convene a special security situation assessment shortly. Police are searching for any other suspects. PALESTINIANS IN UPROAR AFTER ISRAELI ARMY…

A 15-year-old boy’s death inside a Bronx apartment following an argument with his stepdad has been ruled a homicide, officials said. The city’s Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that Corde Scott died of “homicidal asphyxia including compression of neck,” a spokesperson for the office said Friday. Scott died Monday morning at Jacobi Medical Center after a fight with his stepfather inside their apartment on Doris Street near Lyon Avenue in Westchester Square, cops said. Cops initially questioned the 28-year-old stepdad, but according to police sources, detectives initially believed the stepfather was acting in self-defense. No charges have been filed against…