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  It’s a rite of spring when we haul the porch decor out of winter storage. The outdoor carpets go down, the hanging baskets go up, the side table gets put in place and little trinkets from the seaside get sprinkled on every surface because I miss the ocean. Our porch furniture gets used a [...]

US aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson has started what it calls “routine operations” in the South China Sea, with a fleet of supporting warships. The deployment comes days after China’s foreign ministry warned Washington against challenging Beijing’s sovereignty in the region. China claims several contested shoals, islets and reefs in the area. It has [...]

Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State. Hundreds of military vehicles, backed by air power, rolled across the desert towards the jihadists’ positions early on Sunday. Iraqi forces retook two villages south of the city in the first hours of [...]

There is a scene in the iconic Tom Cruise film Minority Report where his character navigates a holographic interface using special three-fingered gloves with light sensors. Fifteen years ago, this was an impressive sci-fi vision of the future of computing but suddenly it’s looking a bit dated: “We’re now more advanced than Minority Report because [...]

A third person has died in Victoria following extreme weather conditions which triggered a mass-outbreak of asthma in and around Melbourne. Apollo Papadopoulos, 35, died from an asthma attack and after paramedics failed to revive him despite trying for more than 50 minutes , his friend Dee Kay, wrote on social media. “We’re all in [...]

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With the new Income Tax Return (ITR) forms notified recently for assessment year 2016-17, filers can do an easy check and obtain their annual tax liability on a computer-based calculator hosted by the IT department. The ‘tax calculator’ is an online computer-based programme hosted on the official website of the department and is meant to [...]