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Nine-year-old Leon de Silva, one of two young boys critically injured in the deadly Sea World helicopter crash on the Gold Coast, has woken from his coma with brain trauma. A vigil will be held next Sunday for the four people killed in the tragedy on the Gold Coast Broadwater. Source: Sky News

A survivor from a tragic crash near Shepparton in rural Victoria has told his family the four victims were “very happy” when they left his farm.The freelance farm labourers were all from India and hired for the day by the driver Harinder Singh Randhawa.Police said three of the four male victims were “ejected” from the car as it collided with a Toyota Hi-Lux at an intersection on their way to Shepparton Thursday morning. Source: Sky News

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say the homes or businesses of four local and state politicians have been shot at since early December.No has been injured in the gunfire directed at the homes of two county commissioners and a state senator or in the shots fired near the law office of a second state senator, Albuquerque police said Thursday.All are Democrats. Police are investigating whether they are linked. Police Chief Harold Medina said the police department has implemented its “major case protocol.”Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina speaks with the media about the recent shootings at the homes and businesses of…

Just as Jim Harbaugh made it known he “expects” to stay with the Michigan Wolverines, the NCAA began an investigation into the school for potential recruitment violations during the COVID-19 dead period. According to ESPN, the alleged violations include impermissible contact with recruits during the NCAA-mandated dead periods and using a defensive analyst on the field for coaching, which is a breach of the rules. Harbaugh’s cooperation with the investigation is also being scrutinized. The head coach could face a potential multi-game suspension if found in violation of the rules. Jim Harbaugh could face a suspension. USA TODAY Sports The…

Good morning. US labour market data came in hot again yesterday, in the form of ADP payrolls, and this time the stock market took notice. Meanwhile, depositors in Silvergate, a crypto-focused bank, withdrew $8.1bn in the fourth quarter. And you know what? Silvergate had the money! The bank’s shares may be down 94 per cent but (for now, at least) it looks like crypto’s adult in the room. Email me: robert.armstrong@ft.com. Will the Fed chicken out on QT?The hot potato theory of asset values works as follows: People and institutions target a certain mix of risk assets and cash in…

All-time San Diego Padres home run leader Nate Colbert died on Thursday at the age of 76.In a statement from the organization, Padres Chairman Peter Seidler said, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Padres Hall of Famer Nate Colbert. Our hearts go out to his wife, Kasey, and the entire Colbert family at this very difficult time.”The Padres also confirmed the news on Twitter. Colbert sits atop the Padres homer list with 163.RED SOX, RAFAEL DEVERS AGREE TO MASSIVE EXTENSION: REPORTSA first baseman, Colbert was an original member of the 1969 Padres expansion team.In 1999, he was inducted…

Parts of Mexico’s remote southern jungles have barely changed since the time of the ancient Maya. A railway championed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador may be about to change that, though. The new line his government is building — known as the Tren Maya or the Mayan Train — will bring modern connectivity to areas that have been deprived of significant economic benefits for generations. But scientists and environmental activists have warned that the railway and its hasty construction will critically endanger pristine wilderness and ancient cave systems beneath the jungle floor. The railway “is splitting the jungle in…

CNN  —  Weeks after Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in decades, neighboring volcano Kilauea is showing activity again after a brief pause, according to officials. Kilauea – which had stopped erupting last month for the first time since September 2021 amid Mauna Loa’s own lava eruption and subsequent slowdown – had increased earthquake activity beneath its summit and recorded ground deformation on Thursday morning, officials said. “Kilauea volcano is erupting,” the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the US Geological Survey said on Thursday. A glow was detected in nearby webcam images, “indicating that the eruption has resumed within Halemaʻumaʻu crater…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has come out to explain why the 21,000 seats at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium have to remain vacant for the first leg of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup (AFF) 2022 semi-final clash between Malaysia and Thailand this Saturday (Jan 7).  In an interview with Bernama on Thursday, the minister said that this is due to the installation of an international-scale concert stage which was booked from March 2019.  The stadium had been booked by the organisers of a tour by famous Taiwanese artist Jay Chou whose show performance requires the…

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again Thursday, with photos showing lava piling up inside its summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption comes less than a month after its previous eruption ended.The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected the lava glowing inside the Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit caldera through webcam images, indicating Kilauea had begun erupting.The volcano’s summit is inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and is not near residential communities.Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes with its previous eruption lasting 16 months starting in September 2021. ENDANGERED SEABIRD AT HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK CAUGHT ON CAMERA…