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  • Kansas Hands No. 2 Iowa State its First Loss of the Season with Dominant 84-63 Win

    Kansas Hands No. 2 Iowa State its First Loss of the Season with Dominant 84-63 Win

    LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tre White scored 19 points, Darryn Peterson added 16 and Kansas sent the second-ranked Cyclones to their first loss of the season, 84-63 on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.

    Melvin Council Jr. added 15 points and Flory…

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  • How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back – Financial Times

    How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back – Financial Times

    1. How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back  Financial Times
    2. Why There’s No Starlink Access During Nationwide Shutdown in Iran?  IranWire
    3. In first calls to outside world, Iranians describe heavy security and damage  The Times…

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  • Podcast: Curiosity Unbounded, Episode 16 — Toxoplasma and the human host | MIT News

    Sally Kornbluth: Hello, I’m Sally Kornbluth, president of MIT, and I’m thrilled to welcome you to my podcast, Curiosity Unbounded. Here at MIT, our endless curiosity fuels a steady stream of inspiring discoveries and…

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  • Tomaso Poggio on his quest for theories to explain the fundamental learning abilities of brains and machines

    Tomaso Poggio on his quest for theories to explain the fundamental learning abilities of brains and machines

    In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Tomaso Poggio, director of the Center for Biological and Computational Learning and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, both at the Massachusetts Institute…

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  • Four girls seriously injured in Rawalpindi house fire

    Four girls seriously injured in Rawalpindi house fire

    RAWALPINDI: Four young girls were seriously injured after sustaining burn injuries in a house fire in Rawalpindi, ARY News reported on Wednesday, citing rescue officials.

    According to Rescue 1122, the fire incident was reported in Rawalpindi’s…

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  • Dense fog continues to disrupt traffic, closes motorway sections

    Dense fog continues to disrupt traffic, closes motorway sections

    Several motorways and major highways across Punjab remained closed to traffic on Wednesday amid dense fog, which has severely reduced visibility in many areas.

    According to a spokesperson for the Motorway Police Central Region, traffic flow has…

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  • Virgin Australia Relaunches Check-In and Bag Drop Service for Cruise Passengers

    • Virgin Australia has re-launched a check-in and baggage drop service for Sydney cruise passengers, allowing tens of thousands of guests to check-in baggage for their flight before arriving at the airport.
    • The seasonal service will be available to Virgin Australia guests arriving at Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal until the end of the 2026 cruise season (April/May 2026).
    • With more than 1.2 million cruise passengers expected to pass through Sydney in the 2025/2026 cruise season – the relaunched baggage drop service offers a seamless transfer for guests moving from sea to air.

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    Tuesday 6 January 2025: Virgin Australia has reinstated its seasonal flight check-in and baggage drop service at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT), allowing cruise travellers to check-in for flights and drop off checked baggage immediately after disembarking a cruise.

    The award winning^ service, initially launched in 2018 in partnership with OACIS and paused amid the pandemic, is designed to create a seamless experience for cruise passengers travelling on a Virgin Australia flight upon arrival in Sydney. By allowing guests to check in for their flights and drop off their checked baggage direct from the cruise terminal, the service enables a smoother, luggage-free journey for guests exploring Sydney, while helping to reduce airport congestion during the peak summer travel period.

    Once the luggage is checked in at the OPT, it is transported by Virgin Australia to Sydney Airport, where it is loaded onto the guest’s Virgin Australia flight ahead of departure.

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    Virgin Australia General Manager Product and Customer Strategy, Ali Dunn said: “By bringing Virgin Australia check-in to the cruise terminal, we’re able to deliver a smoother experience for cruise passengers while also helping ease congestion at Sydney Airport during our busiest travel period of the year,” she said.

    OACIS Chief Executive Officer, Matt Lee, said “OACIS is delighted to once again be partnered with Virgin Australia to offer our award-winning checked luggage service. Offering guests a full check-in and baggage drop experience allows guests time to explore our beautiful city before flying home,” he said.

    For more information on the service, visit: oacis.io.

     

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    MEDIA CONTACT  

    Virgin Australia Group Corporate Affairs: corporateaffairs@virginaustralia.com or 1800 142 467.

    FOOTNOTES

    *Destination NSW, New support for cruise tourism, July 2025, New support for cruise tourism | Destination NSW

     

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  • Pakistan warns citizens in Iran to keep travel documents ready amid intensifying protests – Arab News

    1. Pakistan warns citizens in Iran to keep travel documents ready amid intensifying protests  Arab News
    2. Another 200 students, pilgrims return from Iran  Dawn
    3. US citizens should ‘leave Iran now’, says US state department – as it happened  The…

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  • Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?

    Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?

    Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we’re alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate?

    The possibility of extraterrestrial life is grounded in…

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