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Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91

27 décembre 2025 à 01:34
She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.

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Annette Dionne, left, in 2017, with her sister Cécile, who died in July. “It’s tiring, always being watched,” Annette said, recalling her childhood. “It was exploitation. We were not animals.”

Boxing Day Test 2025: Australia v England fourth Ashes Test, day two – live updates

Travis Head walks out to bat with his opening partner Scott Boland. Imagine if you had predicted, on the first morning at Perth, that Australia would use four openers in the first four Tests – and that Usman Khawaja would not be among them.

“Dear Rob,” writes Robert Wilson. “I’ve got skin in the game as I am trying to arrange an all-night viewing sesh for day (night) three in an unexpectedly swish Aussie backpacker hostel near Stalingrad (in Paris). Logistically, it’s quite a lot of ducks to get in a row and punters fagging all the way in from below-zero Versailles or somesuch only to catch four overs while nursing a lukewarm Newky Brown might have views.

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© Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

© Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Comanche leads rival LawConnect in Sydney to Hobart yacht race as first supermaxi retires

27 décembre 2025 à 00:17
  • Master Lock Comanche takes narrow lead over reigning champion

  • Wild Thing 100 forced to retire from 80th running of race

The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100ft supermaxi with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing.

All crew were safe as Wild Thing began the journey back to Sydney around 4am on 27 December, having succumbed to rigging damage east-north-east of Tuross Head on the NSW South Coast.

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© Photograph: Kevin Manning/Action Plus/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Kevin Manning/Action Plus/Shutterstock

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