Brisbane residents have been urged to brace for their hottest December day in four years as heatwave conditions consume Queensland. A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine. Israeli forces on Thursday heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip. The body of a man on an inflatable kayak has been pulled from the water off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. The remarkable second-coming of Mitch Marsh has pulled Australia out of a bad start and to an imposing lead in the Boxing Day Test. Pierce Brosnan could reportedly face up to six months behind bars after allegedly walking into an off-limits area of a US national park. Fans of The Vampire Diaries and its spinoff The Originals got a holiday gift after two co stars of the supernatural dramas revealed they were an item on Wednesday.

Brisbane residents have been urged to brace for their hottest December day in four years as heatwave conditions consume Queensland. A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine. Israeli forces on Thursday heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip. The body of a man on an inflatable kayak has been pulled from the water off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. The remarkable second-coming of Mitch Marsh has pulled Australia out of a bad start and to an imposing lead in the Boxing Day Test. Pierce Brosnan could reportedly face up to six months behind bars after allegedly walking into an off-limits area of a US national park. Fans of The Vampire Diaries and its spinoff The Originals got a holiday gift after two co stars of the supernatural dramas revealed they were an item on Wednesday.

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