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Teenaged sprint sensation Gout Gout has completed a winning double at the Queensland athletics championships with victory in his favoured 200m event.The 19-year-old stopped the clock at 20.42 seconds into a 2.1m per second headwind on Sunday.Gout’s time was well shy of the Australian and Oceania record of 20.02 he set last year in Ostrava, but it was still another step in the right direction early in the season.A day earlier at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Gout got out of his sick bed to win the under-20 100m title in 10.20.He had been battling a head cold and…

Vietnamese elect members of parliament from a list of candidates ⁠almost exclusively fielded by the governing party.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 15 Mar 202615 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoVoters in Vietnam are casting their ballots for members of the National Assembly, the country’s top legislative body, which serves mainly to ratify decisions by the governing Communist Party.Nearly 93 percent of the 864 parliamentary candidates in Sunday’s election are Communist Party members, while 7.5 percent are independents, according to the national election council, down from 8.5 percent in 2021.Recommended Stories list of 4…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four suspected terror attacks have taken place in the United States since the Department of Homeland Security was defunded in a partial government shutdown last month, including one in the state of Michigan where Fox News Digital reached out to all the major Senate candidates if they support funding DHS.Republican Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says he would be a “Yes” vote to re-open DHS and told Fox News Digital in an interview that “we needed all hands on deck” when the United States engaged in “defanging Iran”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jim Irsay collected several pieces of iconic sports memorabilia during his lifetime.The late Indianapolis Colts owner’s collection was offered in a live online auction at Christie’s, an art and luxury auction house. From Thursday through Saturday, the collection generated more than $93 million at auction, far exceeding its pre-auction $40 million estimate.Aside from the coveted music pieces, the sports-themed items in Irsay’s collection sold at auction included Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown saddle, Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers jersey he wore when he scored his NHL record 500th goal and one of Jackie Robinson’s…

When is a drinks package not a drinks package?When it’s a Princess Cruises Princess Premier or Princess Plus package that rolls in specialty dining, wi-fi and other inclusions.The last time I cruised was about a decade ago, when adding wi-fi cost a fortune, so was a low priority. I settled for using my phone only on shore days.During my eight nights aboard the Discovery Princess on its maiden season Down Under, I am testing the Princess Premier package, valued at $129 per person, per day.This includes unlimited cocktails, wine, beer, spirits, fountain soft drinks and mocktails up to $30 each.Also…

China’s state-run China Daily newspaper in an editorial called for continuity in the US-China dialogue as a “stabilising anchor” amid the uncertainty of the “ongoing crisis in the Middle East” and the best way to address specific differences on issues including strategic materials, technology, market access and agriculture.”In a moment like this, the last thing the world needs is a trade war between its two largest economies,” China Daily said.       TRADE TRUCE REVIEWThe two sides are expected to review their progress in meeting commitments under the October 2025 trade truce declared by Trump and Xi in Busan, South Korea. The deal forestalled…

On Sunday, people across Syria will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the uprising that, in late 2024, put an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.On March 15, 2011, antigovernment protesters descended onto the streets of Deraa, Damascus and Aleppo.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAfter Tunisia and Egypt, the Arab Spring had arrived in Syria.Many of the initial demonstrations erupted after news emerged of the arrest and torture of teenage boys from Deraa, in southwestern Syria. The boys were arrested for painting anti-Assad graffiti.As the protests grew to demand democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners, al-Assad and…

In an exclusive interview with CBS News Saturday, Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr doubled down on his warning that broadcast licenses could be revoked amid President Trump’s criticisms of media coverage of the war in Iran. “People have gotten used to the idea that, you know, licenses are some sort of property right, and there’s nothing you can do that can result in losing their license,” Carr told CBS News. “I try to sort of help reorient people that, no, there is a public interest, and broadcast is different.”Earlier Saturday, Carr wrote in an X post that “broadcasters that are running…

A former star AFL forward has called for the Dockers to consider picking new recruit Mason Cox.The call comes after Jye Amiss battled with just four touches and one goal in the Dockers’ heartbreaking fade-out loss to Geelong at GMHBA on Saturday.Momentum had been growing around Cox making an early debut for his new club during his impressive pre-season and he travelled with the side as an emergency at the weekend.Sean Darcy was preferred to Cox in the ruck and Justin Longmuir stuck with his tried-and-true forward line trip of Amiss, Josh Treacy and Patrick Voss.But ex-Adelade and Geelong key…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sharon Osbourne is sharing how she feels about artists who choose to give politically motivated speeches at award shows.During a conversation with her son, Jack Osbourne, on a recent episode of “The Osbournes Podcast,” Sharon said that while she “understand[s] [that] everybody needs their platform,” she also understands that “everybody needs relief from what’s going on in the world.””Everybody needs that escape,” she said. “And the thing is, it’s like I understand that people get really emotional about things politically. “So, when they are on TV knowing that there’s 15 [to] 16 million…