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Oops, forgot the Australian Open.

OK. Let's dump the Olympic Games, F1 Grand Prix, State of Origin, AFL Grand Final,Avalon Air Show and anything else that gives so many millions excitement and pleasure. Back to work you lot! If it's not turning a profit, it's not worth doing.

"We believe the recent decision by the Victorian government to withdraw from the 2026 Commonwealth Games was a significant factor in Alberta's decision, as well as an over-dependence on taxpayers' support for the planning and delivery of the Games," a statement from Commonwealth Sport Canada said.

The Daniel Andrews flow-on effect. Based on Andrew's pull-out of the Commonwealth Games, Canada has decided to do the same for the 2030 games.

Pity his father didn't pull out in tiime.

In the States, for Donald's supporters, LGBT stands for Liberty, Guns, Beer and Trump.

Navalny has been sentenced to a further 19 year in prison, on top of the nine he is currently serving.

Trump claiming he is way ahead in the nomination race. Methinks he believes his own fake news too much.

Get your mind out of the gutter!!

19 minutes ago, old man emu said:

The only time that centimetres are commonly used that I can think of is in describing the height of a person.

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9 minutes ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

apparently they still have roods, whatever they may be.

Rood (unit) - Wikipedia
Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod). The vergée was also a quarter of a Normandy ...

Ukraine with heavy attack: Putin’s “Grizzly” goes up in flames

Ukraine has achieved a success in the ongoing conflict with Russia. This reports the German newspaper merkur.de with reference to a corresponding video of Ukraine.

More story and video here.

I know it's an American thing, but why continue to call him President Trump? He might be ex-President, but also defeated in the last election. There may be some excuse if he left office after the maximum eight years, but he didn't.