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Bono urges Mayweather and McGregor to find a peaceful solution to their souring relations

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Rockstar-turned-peacemaker Bono has interrupted the Toronto press conference for the upcoming Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor fight to urge both parties to pursue a peaceful solution to their ongoing rivalry. "Stop this nonsense!" yelled the 57-year-old in the key of C. "No war! No war! Look at yourselves! Two young men caught up in all this bullshit!...

Brazzer to produce ‘Great Barrier Queef’ in memory of the dying ecosystem

MARCIA MCCANDLESS | Environment | Contact Adult website Brazzers announced this morning that a touching tribute to the Great Barrier Reef is in the works and all the proceeds from the production will go to its conservation effort. Currently, under the working title of 'Great Barrier Queef', the 60-minute long video is slated for release in early 2018, however, that's all...

Ivanka Trump sits in for Air Force One pilot on return flight home from G20

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Coming just days after the First Daughter sat in for her father during a G20 world leaders meeting, Ivanka Trump has sat in for one of the seven pilots tasked with flying Air Force One back to Washington from Hamburg overnight. The White House confirmed Ms Trump was at the controls of the Boeing 747-200B as it touched down...

Report: Best Hangover Cure Is To Pretend Nothing’s Wrong And Get Back On It

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by the CSIRO has found that the best way to deal with the various unpleasant physiological and psychological effects that following the consumption of ethanol, as found in wine, beer and distilled spirits - is to continue doing it. Lead researcherr Lockyer Tuqiri has said that even if you are really hurting, the best option is...

Elon Musk Guarantees Driverless Cars Will Not Stop For Roos

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Entrepreneur and renewable energy guru, Elon Musk has today revealed more details of his ambitious plans to establish humanity's first colony on Mars, as well as cars that can dri In a scientific paper, the SpaceX billionaire says the only way of attracting Australians to buy driverless cars is to create a vehicle able to...

Trump Says He Didn’t Say Thing That He Clearly Did Say Months After Saying It

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT President Trump has today clarified that he didn't say certain things that he was recording saying, and actually posted on twitter, several months ago. Despite all of the foolproof evidence that suggests he did say these things, Trump has come and said that's not what he said, and questions how someone would make something like...

Progress: HBO Now Providing Baby Boomer-Friendly Captions For The Wire And Sopranos

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The launch of HBO's recent app, Describr, has provided Australian baby-boomers with the capacity to translate the authentic Baltimore slang from cult TV hit 'The Wire' into a middle-Annandale dialect. TechNews reports the app, which can be run on both iOS and late model cheaper but good value Androids that are favoured by dads, is able to quickly and...

“You said it wouldn’t be this hard!”: Trump blasts ‘frenemy’ Vladimir Putin

15 June, 2017. ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The President of the United States is now under investigation for obstruction of justice says the Special Counsel investigating Russia’s interference in the US election. In response to the news, Donald Trump has blasted his Russian counterpart. "In the many phone calls I had with the Russian president over the course of the election...

Kim Jong-un tries to talk some sense into President Trump over Paris Agreement

8 June, 2017. 10:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has held high-level talks with US President Donald Trump over the Paris Agreement this afternoon. The Great Leader wanted to make sure Trump weighed up all his options before opting out of the global climate change plan-of-action. "It was just a short conversation about the Earth's climate and...

Trump Orders Socceroos To Tank Against Saudi Arabia Ahead Of Crucial Weapons Deal

CHIPS GLEESON | Middle East Politics & Soccer| CONTACT Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has been told to throw Thursday’s crucial World Cup 2018 qualifier against Saudi Arabia as part of the USA’s $147bn weapons agreement with the Middle East nation. Saudi leader King Salman requested US President Donald Trump put the offer to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in exchange for 800 asylum speakers,...

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