9 h. ago Scientists discover humans 'have seventh sense' called 'remote touch'

We're told we have five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – but now scientists at a London university have discovered a mysterious new ability they call 'remote touch'

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5 d. ago Google to build huge new AI data centre on tiny Australian island

Google is in advanced talks to lease land near the island's airport to construct the data hub

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1 week ago Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach

Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a century after an Australian soldier wrote a letter to his mother as he sailed to war and his death, it has been discovered in a bottle washed up on a remote beach.Private Malcolm Alexander Neville’s light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, near Esperance, about 750km south-east of Perth. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Cruise cancelled after gran 'left behind' and found dead alone on remote island

The woman was found dead on the remote island Lizard in Australia - but it's not clear how she came to be left behind by the luxury cruise ship Coral Adventurer.

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1 week ago Cruise around Australia cancelled after death of passenger left behind on island

Authorities say action will be taken against cruise operator if any wrongdoing is identified

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1 week ago Final struggle of gran who died alone on remote island after cruise ship 'left her behind'

Suzanne Rees, 80, was part of a 60-night Coral Expeditions cruise around Australia when she was allegedly left behind on Lizard Island, some 240km from Cairns, Queensland.

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1 week ago Horrific final struggle of gran who died on remote island after cruise ship left her

Solo traveller Suzanne Rees's cruise adventure came to a devastating end on a remote Australian island, after fellow members of the group realised she'd never made it back to the ship

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1 week ago A luxury cruise ship stopped at a remote Australian island. Suzanne Rees was left behind and died alone

Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answersThe appeal of Lizard Island is its remoteness. The Great Barrier Reef island, 250km from Cairns in Queensland’s tropical north, is known for its impressive snorkelling, with giant clams nestled among the coral. It also has a scientific research station.Tourists are mostly kept at bay by its inaccessibility and eye-wateringly high accommodation prices. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Heartbroken daughter of tragic Coral Expeditions tourist Suzanne Rees speaks out

Suzanne Rees, an 80-year-old grandmother from Sydney, Australia, was accidentally left stranded on Lizard Island, which is on the Great Barrier Reef, and was found dead

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1 week ago Old woman dies after being 'left alone on a remote island' by luxury cruise

Suzanne Rees had been on a regal cruise heading around Australia when the boat made a stop on a remote island, but after pulling away, the woman was seemingly left

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1 week ago Pictured: Australian grandmother, 80, found dead on remote island after being left behind by cruise ship

Suzanne Rees is being remembered as a keen bushwalker and gardener following her death on Lizard Island

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1 week ago Agonising unanswered questions in mystery of tourist who died after cruise ship left her

Suzanne Rees, 80, was only reported missing when she failed to arrive for dinner, some five hours after she vanished on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia

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1 week ago Coral Expeditions tourist found dead after cruise ship leaves without her

Suzanne Rees, from New South Wales, fell ill during an organised hill climb on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, and was later declared dead

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1 week ago Grieving daughter of cruise ship passenger left behind on remote Australian island says ‘there was a failure of care’

Suzanne Rees, 80, was found dead on Lizard Island a day after her cruise ship the Coral Adventurer left without herFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of an 80-year-old who was left behind by her cruise ship and died on a remote Queensland island has alleged there was a “failure of care and common sense”.Suzanne Rees was on the second day of a luxury 60-day circumnavigation of Australia when she disembarked the Coral Adventurer at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday morning. She and other passengers had intended to hike the island’s Cook’s Look mountain. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Questions grow over death of elderly woman left behind on £40k cruise to deserted island

The woman, aged in her eighties, is said to have been hiking a steep trail on Lizard Island but did not return to the cruise ship

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2 w. ago Left behind by her cruise ship on a deserted island: Questions grow over 'forgotten' woman, 80, who died on first stop of $80,000 dream cruise

Police are probing a chilling question.

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2 w. ago Australia's convict island: Oz begins ferrying migrant criminals to barren Pacific nation

In a statement on Tuesday, Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said: 'Nauru confirmed last Friday that the first transfer had occurred'.

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2 w. ago Chilling twist after Australian woman died on deserted island after being left behind by a cruise ship

Police are probing a chilling question.

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2 w. ago Elderly woman found dead on remote Australian island after disappearing and failing to return to cruise ship

The woman, aged in her 80s, is said to have been hiking a steep trail on Lizard Island but did not return to the cruise ship

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2 w. ago Tourist, 80, found dead on remote island after ‘failing to board cruise ship’ in Australia

A TOURIST has been found dead on a remote island after "she failed to board" a cruise ship in Australia. The woman, 80, was reportedly hiking Lizard Island's highest summit off the Far North Queensland coast when she went missing. Her disappearance was reported when she didn't return to the ship just before midnight on...

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