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National Heavy Vehicle Regulator spokesman Steven Miller says there’s been “a lot of damage to critical infrastructure” from the recent flooding in Western Australia.“Very, very challenging for our long-haul heavy freight operators, and we’ve been doing what we can by putting temporary emergency routes in place to assist them,” he told Sky News Australia.The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has also given notice until the 28th of February for heavy vehicle operators to use different routes to reach flood-affected areas to deliver critical supplies.“The temporary notice allows us to operate larger than normal road trains out of Western Australia and through…

Separately, a special state assembly session will be held on Tuesday, with Bernama reporting that all state assemblymen attending the meeting are expected to approve and gazette the state bills for gas supply.  The tabling of the Gas Supply Bill 2023 will see the setting up of an energy commission in the state in order to take over all the regulatory power for onshore gas supply there, Malay Mail reported.  United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and Warisan assemblymen, however, will not be attending the special state assembly.  Mr Bung was quoted by local media as saying that most of the…

Researchers say the decline due to aging of the membrane protein Klotho may be an underlying cause of osteoarthritis.They say they hope the discovery can eventually lead to new treatments for the condition.The researchers also want to investigate the role menopause may play in osteoarthritis in women.New research has shed light on the mechanisms inside the body that can lead to osteoarthritis — and this new data could spur the future development of treatments for the degenerative joint disease and most common form of arthritis.A team of researchers from the United States and Japan released their findings today in the…

A 12-year-old girl was in custody at a juvenile facility after she fatally stabbed her 9-year-old brother, police said.The stabbing was reported just before midnight on Thursday at a residence in the St. Thomas Square community south of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa police said in a statement released Friday. “Officers learned the children’s parent was upstairs asleep when the 12-year-old daughter woke the parent up and said that she had stabbed her 9-year-old brother,” the Tulsa Police Department said.Tulsa police investigate the scene of a stabbing involving two children.KJRHCity firefighters and emergency medical technicians from a contract ambulance service administered…

It’s a full house! Between his three spouses, one ex-partner and 18 children, Sister Wives star Kody Brown has his hands full at home. The salesperson’s family became the subject of intrigue when the first season of the TLC reality series premiered in September 2010. At the time, Kody was courting Robyn Brown, his fourth wife and the first new spouse to enter the family in 16 years. Kody was legally married to his first wife, Meri Brown, from April 1990 until their September 2014 divorce. While they are no longer considered a wedded couple by law, they continue to…

Fisher-Price has reannounced its 2019 recall of the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers on Monday after at least eight infant deaths occurred after the initial recall, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. “On April 12, 2019, at the time the original recall was announced, over 30 fatalities were reported to have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances,” the commission said in a statement. “Since the recall, approximately 70 additional fatalities have been reported, which includes at least 8 fatalities that were…

SURGE IN TRAVEL DEMAND Searches for overseas hotels and flights surged in China, as soon as authorities announced it would relax COVID-19 travel restrictions. According to data from Trip.com Group, search interest for outbound flights from mainland China rose by 83 per cent from Dec 26 to Jan 5, when compared to the previous two-week period. The actual number of bookings increased by a more modest 59 per cent, with tickets for the upcoming Chinese New Year period going up significantly. Top overseas destinations booked include Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada. For lifestyle blogger…

A group of Republican mega-donors say the party is “on the verge of permanent irrelevance” if it fails to come together and support a change of leadership. In a public letter addressed to the Republican National Committee, the donors threw their support behind Harmeet Dhillon, a civil rights attorney and national committeewoman for the RNC, to replace its current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel.  The donors said the party cannot continue on its current trajectory if it continues to see such losses as it did in the last three election cycles. “The Republican Party currently faces the most organized, radical, and weaponized Democrat Party…

EXCLUSIVE: BELGRADE, Serbia – The Massachusetts real estate executive missing since Jan. 1 pleaded with her mother to travel from her home country of Serbia to visit just one week before she vanished, leading the now-concerned woman to believe that there were “problems” at home before her daughter’s disappearance, she told Fox News Digital.”She just said, ‘Please, mama. Come tomorrow,’” said Milanka Ljubicic, the mother of missing 39-year-old Ana Walshe, in an interview conducted on Monday and later translated to English. “Which means, that clearly, there must have been some problems.”Ljubicic, 69, spoke to Fox News Digital outside her Belgrade, Serbia,…

Things are getting a bit heated at ESPN New York, as Michael Kay threatened a producer from another radio show after he dug at recent ratings. “The Michael Kay Show,” which runs during the afternoon drive, and the “DiPietro & Rothenberg” morning sports talk radio show have been rivals despite being under the same umbrella. Lately, the morning has done better than the afternoon. But Kay didn’t like that a producer for Rick DiPietro and Dave Rothenberg took a shot at his ratings during a recent broadcast.  “Is it the fear that this show is now on the rise, and that show’s…