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Footage shows firefighters taking shelter in a shed while flame surround them in the Blue Mountains

The Gospers Mountain mega blaze is continuing to tear through Bilpin, northwest of Sydney, with firefighters expected to work tirelessly through the night as conditions are not forecast to ease.




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Lightning strike sparked monster blaze now burning an area more than SIX TIMES the size of Singapore

The Gospers Mountain fire northwest of Sydney has destroyed an area more than six times the size of Singapore and has proved so terrifying it has been dubbed 'The Monster' by locals. 




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New Orleans is ranked the best city for a long-haul break, while Las Vegas is voted the worst

The UK-based consumer champion asked holidaymakers to rate recent trips to cities around the world across a range of categories such as shopping, food and value for money.




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Time to book a holiday? Budget airline Scoot launches sale with $329 flights to Europe

The Singapore-based budget carrier has launched its 'Silly Season Sale' to mark the start of 2020 with international flights from Australia from as little as $135




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Australian podiatrist faces death penalty after being charged with his wife's murder in Singapore

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, has been charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the Singapore estate of Compassvale Bow last Friday.




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Crater left by a giant meteor is finally found by scientists after a century of searching

It was one of the largest known meteors to have hit the Earth but the impact location has been a mystery, according to researchers from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore.




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Australian mum and daughter are making pouches for baby joeys and bats orphaned by bushfires

An estimated one billion animals have been killed as massive bushfires ravage across Australia.




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Singapore's Instagram queen Jamie Chua twins with lookalike daughter Calista for her 21st birthday

Shoppers on the streets of central Singapore did a double take when millionaire socialite Jamie Chua, 45, and her lookalike daughter Calista, 21, walked past in matching mini-dresses.




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Horrific Gospers Mountain fire is finally contained after almost three months of devastation

The NSW RFS Hawkesbury District announced that firefighters have managed to control the blaze which had been burning for nearly three months.




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Mind-blowing Singapore buffet treats guests to over 100 dishes

A mind-blowing seafood and BBQ buffet in Singapore is being heralded as a 'foodie's dream' with 20 different kinds of meat, dipping sauces, oysters and lobsters on offer.




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Subaru apologise for F*CKS edition car spotted at Singapore show

Subaru has issued an apology after a display of their latest modified SUV appeared to deliberately give it a rude title, F.U.*.K.S., which the carmaker said it had 'nothing' to do with.




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Subaru unveils its new FU*KS SUV (that's Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special edition) 

Subaru announced the release of the new Forester GT model - named the F.U.*.K.S edition - at the Singapore Motorshow last weekend. The rude acronym appeared to be deliberate.




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McDonald's launches a new VEGGIE burger in Australia

McDonald's has launched a new McVeggie burger in selected Australian stores to gauge how their customers react to vegetarian-friendly patty options.




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A $23k around-the-world cruise sets sail, with destinations including Melbourne and Mauritius

The voyage, called 2020 World Cruise, is taking place on Princess Cruises' Pacific Princess, with the cheapest ticket $22,999. It will take in 42 destinations in 26 countries across five continents.




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Singaporean couple splash out $2million on an 18-course meal on private jet with diamond chopsticks

Vincent and Jane Hee will also be chauffeured around in a Rolls-Royce, receive a rose-gold platinum ring set with a rare 2.08-carat diamond and spend the night at the Raffles Singapore hotel.




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Cruel housekeeper repeatedly dunks a toddler's arm in boiling water at a Singapore house

The 16-month-old girl was rushed to hospital and treated for second degree burns to her left hand and arm.




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Podiatrist accused of murdering his wife in Singapore could avoid the death penalty

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, was charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the residential estate of Compassvale Bow earlier this month.




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Priceless relics of three French Catholic saints lost in an airline mix up at Sydney Airport

Singapore Airlines was entrusted with carrying St Therese of Lisieux's forearm and that of her parents Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, from France to Sydney this week.




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Girl arrives in Australia on board a Qantas flight from Singapore with measles 

The girl and her parents were unaware she had the highly contagious virus when they arrived in Australia on Qantas flight 52 early on January 17.




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Chinese man diagnosed in Queensland with coronavirus also spent time in Melbourne

A Chinese man diagnosed in Queensland with coronavirus also spent time in Melbourne, and four fellow travellers are now ill and being tested for the disease.




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Antonia Kidman talks about her 'bittersweet' move back to Australia from Singapore

Antonia Kidman has spoken about her family's difficult decision to return to Australia after almost 10 years of living in Singapore. She labelled the move back home as 'bittersweet'.




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Hey Dad! star says Ben McCormack may have turned into a paedophile after working on her story

Hey Dad! star Sarah Monahan has claimed disgraced reporter Ben McCormack may have became a paedophile after covering her child sex abuse case.




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Switzerland is named the world's most expensive country to live in

Switzerland (pictured: the old town of Zurich) was ranked first in a study of 132 nations which measured the cost of goods including groceries, clothes and taxi fares.




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Married At First Sight's Hayley tells David she's a former drug addict

Married At First Sight's Hayley Vernon finally revealed her drug-fuelled past to husband David Cannon on Thursday's episode.




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Fears of coronavirus in baby in Northern Ireland as mother takes infant to hospital after China trip

The mother rushed the child to A&E at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry on Thursday after informing medics who were awaiting their arrival.




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Married At First Sight: Hayley puffs on a cigarette after honeymoon fight

Her 'husband', David Cannon, walked out on her during their honeymoon in Singapore over her social smoking habit.




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Married At First Sight's Hayley and David are flown overseas while other couples sent local

Married At First Sight's first six couples embarked on their honeymoons on Thursday, after tying the knot in non-legally binding ceremonies.




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The furious Married At First Sight rows you DIDN'T see on Hayley and David's honeymoon from hell 

Married At First Sight newlyweds David Cannon and Hayley Vernon had the honeymoon from hell - but viewers apparently didn't see the half of it.




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Pressure grows on UK health officials to name British coronavirus 'super spreader'

The middle-aged British man contracted the virus during a conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Singapore organised by Servomex, a British gas analytics company, more than two weeks ago.




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40,000 coronavirus cases may only be the 'tip of the iceberg', World Health Organization warns

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO, urged other countries to 'step up' preparations for outbreaks. It follows news of a 'super-spreader' businessman from Brighton




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What makes a virus 'super-spreader'?

Close proximity to others, not having symptoms or unknowingly shedding a large amount of a virus may make someone a 'super-spreader' like New York chef, Typhoid Mary (pictured right).




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Indeed recruitment company tells Australian staff to stay at home over coronavirus scare

The employment platform closed three offices on Monday, ordering more than 1,000 staff in Dublin, Sydney, and Singapore to work from home.




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The amazing expanding aircraft lavatory that offers disabled passengers 40 per cent more space 

It's called Access and has been created by London-based Acumen Design Associates and Singapore-based ST Engineering. It can be retrofitted or line-fitted to both A321 and B737 aircraft.




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Young couple's wedding on board a CRUISE is cancelled nine days out because of coronavirus

Kiara Titan and her fiance Ryan Robertson planned to say their vows on board Princess Cruises ship from Fremantle, Western Australia, to Singapore on February 22.




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NHS trust apologises for lack of clear signs to its coronavirus isolation pod

The unidentified woman accidentally wandered into the cancer unit and A&E, as well as other departments, while looking for the testing facility at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.




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Taiwan, Singapore and JERSEY top broadband speed list - UK is in 33rd place

The average download speed in Taiwan is 85Mbps and it takes 8 seconds to download a movie, in the UK it takes 30 seconds with an 18Mbps download speed.




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Australian holidaymakers devastated as their luxury cruise is CANCELLED over coronavirus fears

The P&O Indonesian Explorer cruise was due to depart Singapore on February 28 and arrive in Sydney 14 days later.




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Quaden Bayles accepts offer to train with martial arts champion Chatri Sityodtong in Singapore

Martial arts champion and ONE Championship founder Chatri Sityodtong offered to fly Quaden and his family on an all-expenses paid trip to Singapore.




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Prisoners of the plague cruise: British couple's hellish coronavirus diaries

For more than two weeks, Elaine and John Spencer from Sheerness, Kent, were confined to their windowless cabin for nearly 24 hours a day as they were plunged into the coronavirus crisis.




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Quaden Bayles invited to US and Singapore after being bullied for dwarfism

A nine-year-old boy who was bullied for his dwarfism has been invited on a whirlwind trip to the US after his story made international headlines. 




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Married At First Sight's Hayley Vernon CONFIRMS toothbrush-gate

Their relationship turned sour when they discussed money during their honeymoon in Singapore on Thursday's episode of Married At First Sight.




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How Quaden Bayle's GoFundMe money will be spent

After the Disneyland trip for Quaden is paid for, the rest of the funds will be donated to charity.




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Nicole Kidman's sister Antonia reflects on moving to Australia after a decade living in Singapore

Nicole Kidman's younger sister Antonia and her family have moved back to Sydney after a decade living in Singapore.




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Lorraine Kelly reveals her daughter Rosie has self-isolated in Singapore amid coronavirus fears

The ITV host explained on her daytime show that despite her daughter just having a 'bit of a cold', her husband Steve Smith is jetting to Asia to be with her. Symptoms of COVID9 are not like those of a cold.




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Ronan Keating mistakes busy Singapore port for tankers 'unable to dock' due to coronavirus 

The singer, 43, has posted a heated apology, telling haters to 'shut the f**k up' after mistaking a busy Singapore port for tankers 'parked up and unable to dock' because of the coronavirus.




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Coronavirus: TOWIE filming cancelled in Tenerife amid fears

The ITVBe series is said to be following travelling advice with cast members avoiding putting themselves in danger by staying at home.




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Coronavirus hate attacks on UK streets: Student from Singapore fractured face after being punched

Jonathan Mok had been walking through Oxford Street on February 24 when he passed a group of men. The 23-year-old said one man told him he 'didn't want coronavirus in our country'.




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Police release CCTV images of four men wanted over coronavirus hate attack

Detectives probing the 'racially aggravated' assault of 23-year-old Jonathan Mok on Oxford Street, central London, today issued a series of images of the suspects.




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Hungover British students spark coronavirus panic after asking for paracetamol

Julia Walentin, 26, who lives in South London, tried to get an upgrade on her flight from Singapore by telling the flight crew she had a headache. However they then worried she had coronavirus.




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Heavy metal band Slipknot become the latest artist to postpone concerts due to coronavirus fears

Slipknot have saddened fans by cancelling shows in Singapore, Jakarta and Manila as well as their own two-day Knotfest festival in Tokyo, Japan, which was due to start on March 20.