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Hopes, fears in Finnish Christmas as omicron looms

The Christmas season is in full swing in Finnish Lapland, where venue operators happily report that visitors have returned in numbers approaching pre-pandemic levels. Tourists from elsewhere in Finland and abroad come to revel in the festive spirit at the sprawling theme park, take a reindeer or husky sleigh ride and if they’re lucky, glimpse the Northern […]

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Somber Biden marks tragic anniversary of car crash that killed first wife and baby girl

President Joe Biden took a break from the White House to visit the Delaware gravesite of his first wife and their baby girl on the anniversary of the tragic 1972 car crash that took their lives. Biden was pictured with his family, including son Hunter and his one-year-old grandson Beau, on Saturday outside of St. Joseph on the Brandywine in his hometown […]

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Mum of boy killed in freak jumping castle accident hadn’t seen son in a year before tragedy

A mother whose 12-year-old son was killed in Tasmania’s jumping castle tragedy was blocked from him for almost a year by Covid border closures until she was finally allowed a quick visit. Just five days after she arrived from South Australia, Miranda McLaughlin’s son, Peter Dodt, was one of six children killed in the horrific accident […]

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Pictured: Sixth child to die after bouncy castle disaster

An 11-year-old boy has become the sixth fatality of Devonport’s Hillcrest Primary School tragedy. Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine says Chase Harrison died in hospital on Sunday afternoon. His death follows those of 11-year-old Addison Stewart and 12-year-olds Zane Mellor, Jye Sheehan, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones and Peter Dodt. A gust of wind sent a jumping […]