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SilkAir launches inaugural flight to Cairns

SINGAPORE: The regional wing of Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, on Saturday (May 30) launched its first flight to Cairns, Australia. Flights to Cairns will operate on a thrice-weekly basis on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, through a circular routing ... >> view original

Montana burn reveals ancient stone effigies, cairns, rock formations and ...

U.S. government archaeologists set a controlled fire in April 2015 to reveal a unique site in northern Montana that has large Native American stone effigies, cairns, circles and structures used centuries ago to drive cattle into catchment areas for ... >> view original

Warminster settles with dead woman's family

19 after police responded to a report that Andrew Cairns, who lived in the apartment above Zienkewicz's, was trying to kill himself. When officers arrived, Cairns apparently began shooting at them out his window. Police scattered for cover. With chaos ... >> view original

Celebrated Edinburgh artist Joyce Gunn Cairns MBE unveils new exhibition

In a new exhibition at The Sutton Gallery on Dundas Street, celebrated artist Joyce Gunn Cairns presents a wide selection of her practice over the past year, including expressive figurative works, deft animal studies, portraits and some examples of her ... >> view original

Qld attacks changes to hospital funding

QUEENSLAND Health Minister Cameron Dick has slammed federal government changes to public hospital funding, saying they will take more than 8000 doctors and nurses out of the state's health system. MR Dick says changes to the way the federal ... >> view original

Know your status in HIV Testing Week

NSW Health is advising people at risk of contracting the infection to see their GP or attend the Dubbo Sexual Health Clinic during HIV Testing Week from June 1 to 7. It reports that about 10 per cent of HIV positive people in NSW may not be aware they are ... >> view original

Viral photo shows 2 young girls with cancer hugging

A photo showing two cancer-stricken little girls embracing one another at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has quickly gone viral. The patients, Maliyah Jones and Madelina DeLuca, hadn't known each other for long when the telling photo was snapped, ... >> view original

VIRAL: This girl's hair colour changes magically. And we might know the secret

A few months ago, the colour of a girl's dress had stormed the internet. Was it white and gold? Or blue and black? There were equal backers on both sides. The debate, that initiated after the girl posted the dress on Tumblr, intensified so much that it had ... >> view original

Doctors say 'junk' insurance needs to go

Doctors have called for reform of the private health insurance industry, claiming "junk" policies are clogging the hospital system. Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler said policies that cover people for public hospitals only or are filled with ... >> view original

Diet trends that drive nutritionists nuts

AUSSIES are bombarded with countless directives on staying trim and healthy, especially when it comes to what we eat, but there a few diet trends I can't help but roll my eyes at. Free from. A decade ago, most people would not have uttered the word 'gluten'. >> view original