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A surfer has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a shark near Port Macquarie in New South Wales’ fourth such incident in 48 hours. Two other victims remain in hospital in a critical condition.
Authorities have urged the public to avoid the water in Sydney Harbour and along the coastline as brackish and murky conditions draw in sharks and the bait fish they eat. The Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive, Steven Pearce, urged people “just go to a local pool”.
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In pictures
Valentino Garavani, the designer central to pioneering Italian glamour with his eponymous fashion house, has died aged 93. Take a look at some his career highlights.
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“I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.” – Brooklyn Peltz Beckham
The son of David and Victoria Beckham took to Instagram to acknowledge for the first time the feud with his famous parents, claiming his family have tried to “ruin” his relationship with his wife.
Full Story
Dr Bot: can ChatGPT be trusted with your health?
ChatGPT has launched a new health feature in Australia that allows the platform to “securely connect medical records and wellness apps” to generate responses “more relevant and useful to you”.
Medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Nour Haydar about how it works and whether AI is changing healthcare as we know it.
Before bed read
Planning to watch something on Netflix tonight? The streaming giant has the data to prove we all just watch with one hand gripping our phones so need the plot explained to us over and over again, writes Stuart Heritage. But as Matt Damon has pointed out – and many have noticed – it’s starting to impinge on the quality of cinema.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: SONG. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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