A nationwide shortage of common antibiotics is making patients sicker and could lead to preventable hospitalisations, warn pharmacists and doctors, who have had to resort to inferior alternatives. Liquid antibiotics commonly used for children are particularly scarce, forcing compounding pharmacists to mix up customised medications as a replacement. The antibiotics shortage has renewed calls to bolster domestic medicine manufacturing.Credit:Louis Douvis […]

Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s Congress in Brasilia – after refusing to accept new President Lula’s victory in ‘stolen’ election – copying Trump-inspired January 6th invasion of the US Capitol in 2021 An estimated 3,000 people stormed Brazil’s Congress on Sunday in protest They believe that President Lula’s victory was stolen from right-wing Bolsonaro His supporters have been demanding that […]

Credit:Illustration: Megan Herbert To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. POPULATION Apart from business, who wants this growth? In 2006 it was projected that Melbourne would reach 5 million people by 2030, yet that milestone was reached in […]

Prince William and Kate were ‘religious’ viewers of Meghan’s show Suits, Prince Harry says – so did they sit though THOSE sex scenes? The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were huge fans of the US legal drama They were left shocked when they found out who Harry was dating, he claims His memoir alleges William ‘cautioned’ him about dating an […]

A SON has been charged with murdering his elderly mum after she was found dead with head injuries at home. Police were scrambled to the house on the High Street in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds at 12.10am yesterday. They found 84-year-old Beatrice Corry with head injuries inside. Sadly she couldn't be saved and was declared dead shortly after. Her […]

Anne Heche's son Homer Laffoon is speaking out ahead of the posthumous release of her memoir. Homer, who was named the general administrator of her estate after a court battle with her ex James Tupper, used his mother's Instagram to share a message to her fans about Call Me Anne, which will be published Jan. 24. "Homer here," the 20-year-old […]

Man wakes up to find £98,000 missing from his bank account after ‘his drink was spiked’ in London strip club that now faces closure after 10 ‘victims’ lost £250,000 Up to 10 victims ‘spiked’ at Soho strip club Vanity have lost a total of £250,000 One man woke up in a brothel and had lost nearly £100,000 from his account […]

Amazon is cutting more jobs than it had previously planned, CEO Andy Jassy has admitted in a blog post. Back in November, reports came out that the e-commerce giant was eliminating 10,000 jobs, just as other companies in the tech sector had announced layoffs of their own. Now, the company is expanding its job cuts, and between the employees who'd […]

Amazon axes 18,000 jobs worldwide to cut costs in its biggest-ever layoffs as CEO blames ‘uncertain economy’ Amazon will begin its biggest mass layoff with 18,000 set to lose their jobs The retail titan’s CEO said the decision is due to an ‘uncertain economy’ Roles that will be most affected include workers at stores like Amazon Fresh Retail giant Amazon is […]

Fox News host Sean Hannity grilled Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over her lack of support for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his bid to become House speaker during an uncontrolled interview on Wednesday. The two went at it following the second straight day of the House failing to decide on a speaker. Boebert is one of 20 Republicans who did […]