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Sydney, Australia and corpse flower

Thousands of tourists are flocking to Sydney, Australia just to see a stinky 5-foot tall flower bloom

Sydney’s botanic gardens haven’t had a bloom of the corpse flower, which only lasts about 24 hours, in 15 years.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

A rare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands in Australia queued to get close to it

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia.

Reuters on MSN · 20h

Thousands flock to see rare, smelly corpse flower bloom in Sydney

A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff.

The Jerusalem Post on MSN · 6h

After 7-year wait, corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney

The bloom has attracted up to 20,000 admirers who filed past, hoping to experience the smell for themselves, with some attendees describing it as "like death," "like poop," and "like sewage water."

Australia police launch investigation

Australia police launch investigation after statue of Captain Cook is vandalized in Sydney

Police in Australia launched an investigation on Friday after a statue of British naval officer James Cook was found vandalized in Sydney. The hand and nose of the statue of Cook, who charted Sydney’s coast in 1770,

Sky News on MSN · 11h

Captain Cook statue in Sydney vandalised ahead of Australia Day

Australia Day is known to some Indigenous Australians as Invasion Day, symbolising a key moment in the destruction of their cultures by European settlers.

Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day,

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Sydney rabbi's faith in humanity was restored by messages from strangers after antisemitic incidents

Amid the concern of hate crimes occurring throughout Sydney and beyond, many community leaders and educational organisations ...

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The upside and downside to this $3.2m Sydney apartment

Infrastructure lags well behind development in Wentworth Point, but the riverside suburb does have one thing going for it.

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Police investigate whether foreign actors are paying for antisemitic crimes in Australia

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the ...

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Sydney Thunder make the Big Bash grand final despite controversial run out call

A controversial run out decision by the third umpire fails to derail the Thunder's remarkable run to the Big Bash final.

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Spate of Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rattles Australia

The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved in the vandalizing of synagogues and a day ...

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Australian state commits more police to investigate antisemitic crime

An Australian state has committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes after a childcare center was ...

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Travellers warned over infectious disease as case passes through Sydney airport

Health authorities are warning of an infectious measles case on a flight from the US to Sydney and then another flight onto the Gold Coast.

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Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaches ‘catastrophic’ levels, study finds

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...

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