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Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough

In this Jan. 6, 2009, file photo, people play on the shoreline of Bondi Beach in Sydney. If worry about skin cancer doesn't make you slop on sunscreen, maybe vanity will: New research provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of your skin.  AP PHOTO/ROB GRIFFITH

New research from sunny Australia provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of skin.

Posted: June 4th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Jazz, tequila, luxe flights–and family time for Easter


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SUPREME comfort on board the A380 of Singapore Airlines’ Suites

HAPPY EASTER to all from down under! After much debate with myself on where to spend the Easter break, I finally made a decision. I decided to accompany my parents and youngest daughter Athena on a trip to the Gold Coast in Australia.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Columns,Featured Columns,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Sunday Lifestyle | Read More »

Thousands celebrate at Australia’s gay Mardi Gras

Performers march in Sydney's annual Mardi Gras gay pride parade, an event which bills itself as the world's biggest night parade, on March 2, 2013.  The Mardi Gras is in its 35th year and is celebrating the theme "Generations of Love", focused on its origins as a gay rights protest march that ended with violence and arrests. Some 10,000 revellers on 115 individual floats made the journey down Oxford Street, hub of Sydney's gay and lesbian nightlife, in a vibrant show featuring drag queens, political parodies and plenty of sparkle.  AFP/WILLIAM WEST

Drag queens and scantily-dressed dancers joined with politicians and military personnel for Sydney’s colourful gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, and to call for acceptance and equality.

Posted: March 3rd, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Billionaire launches plans for Titanic replica

In this rendering provided by Blue Star Line, the Titanic II is shown cruising at sea. The ship, which Australian billionaire Clive Palmer is planning to build in China, is scheduled to sail in 2016.  AP FILE PHOTO/BLUE STAR LINE

An Australian billionaire says he wants to build a new version of the Titanic that could set sail in 2016.

Posted: February 27th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Australia teens fuel ‘Harlem Shake’ dance craze

sydney-report

A group of Australian teenagers have sparked a Gangnam Style-like viral dance craze called the “Harlem Shake”, with their pelvis-thrusting moves inspiring tens of thousands of Internet copycat clips.

Posted: February 19th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

A first taste of Sydney

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Featherdale Wildlife Park (Koala)

It’s hard not to fall in love with Sydney. It’s clean, efficient and modern, but with an old world charm that can’t be beat. The Land Down Under, in general, has always been a paradox to me. On one hand, it is filled with old buildings and heritage houses and Victorian terrace apartments, and aboriginal carvings can still be found on the coastal suburbs.

Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Travel | Read More »

Giant rubber duck brings Sydney festival to life

A gigantic, yellow rubber duck is floated into Sydney's Darling Harbour on Jan. 5, 2013 to kick off Sydney's annual arts festival, a celebration which combines high-art with popular entertainment.   AFP

A gigantic, bright yellow rubber duck floated into Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Saturday as part of the Australian city’s annual arts festival, a celebration where high-art meets popular entertainment.

Posted: January 5th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Pets sent off with a bang at Australia’s firework funerals

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AFP FILE PHOTO

Warren Blackwell held onto the ashes of his beloved canine companion Gypsy for eight years, never able to find the right place or occasion to celebrate her life.

Posted: November 25th, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

Sensational Australian diva debuts in Manila Nov. 10

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CLAIRE Primrose

When sensational Australian soprano Claire Primrose debuts in Manila on Nov. 10 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra at Philamlife Theater, she will have ended an 18-year drought of Wagnerian sopranos in Manila.

Posted: October 15th, 2012 in Arts and Books,Headlines | Read More »

Great Barrier Reef coral halved in 27 years—study

UNDERWATER MARVEL A diver encounters a school of fish in the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea in Australia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, poisonous starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study found Tuesday.

Posted: October 2nd, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »

World’s richest woman: ‘Drink less, work more’

Gina Rinehart. AFP FILE PHOTO

The world’s richest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, urged those “jealous” of the wealthy to “spend less time drinking” in a piece blasted as “insulting” by Canberra on Thursday.

Posted: August 30th, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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