A Toyota Hilux was used to ram the door of the Midland Gate shopping centre at about 9.15pm on Monday.
The car was then driven through the food court before breaking into the Angus and Coote jewellery shop and stealing several items.
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The victims were either electrocuted or drowned while trying to cross streams, according to a report from the prosecutor’s office in the state of Baja California Sur, home to the tourist area Los Cabos, that was cited by local media.
The storm, which continued to churn through various states, particularly in Western Mexico, also cut off power and damaged homes and roads in Baja California Sur, where some 3,000 people were taken to shelter.Lidia was located 110 kilometers north of Punta Eugenia, moving at a speed of 19 kilometers per hour to the northeast with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, the National Hurricane Center in the U.S. said.
Source: Tropical Storm Lidia leaves seven dead in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula
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German fourth seed Alexander Zverev upset Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 in the Rogers Cup final in Montreal on Sunday to join the Swiss right-hander as the most trophy-laden player on the ATP Tour this year with five titles.
The 20-year-old German, who arrived in Montreal fresh from his triumph in Washington, proved up for the task right out of the gate as he had the Swiss second seed on his heels from the start on a sunny afternoon.
Zverev was poised and aggressive off the ground to create space for his power game and displayed some short-angled winners off thumping forehands and backhands to grab an early break for a 3-1 lead. He consolidated for a 4-1 cushion and ultimately closed out the opening set after a mere 30 minutes.
Federer, who entered the match 5-0 in finals this year, started to find his groove early in the second set but suddenly appeared out of sorts while Zverev broke in the seventh game to pull ahead 4-3 and held on for a surprise win that took 68 minutes.
The victory over the 19-times grand slam champion was the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of the season for Zverev, who also beat Novak Djokovic in Rome.
Source: Federer stunned by Zverev in Montreal final
New White House communications boss Anthony Scaramucci has made a searing entry into his new job, telling a journalist that US President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is trying to build his personal brand “off the f*****g strength of the President.”
“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c**k,” he is said to have told Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker’s Washington correspondent.
Lizza said the conversation took place after he tweeted that Mr Scaramucci was having dinner with Mr Trump, talk show host Sean Hannity and former Fox executive Bill Shine.
He said the Donald Trump loyalist and new communications director called him, furious that the details of the dinner had leaked.
“Who leaked that to you?” he asked, according to the reporter who refused to answer.
“What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we’ll start over,” Mr Scaramucci responded.
The reporter writes that the leaking of the dinner was evidence to Scaramucci that rivals in the White House, who opposed his appointment, were still plotting against him, particularly White House chief of staff Reince Priebus.
“Reince is a f*****g paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Mr Scaramucci told Lizza.
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Speaking publicly for the first time since the deadly officer-involved shooting, Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said Thursday the killing of Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk didn’t need to happen.
The 40-year-old “didn’t have to die,” Harteau said of the July 15 shooting incident.
The Minneapolis Police Department squad cars are adorned with the lines, “To protect with courage” and “To serve with compassion,” Harteau said.
“This did not happen,” she added Thursday evening. “It goes against who we are as a department, how we train and our expectations for our officers.”
An elephant has been rescued from the ocean about 10 miles (16km) off Sri Lanka’s north-east coast, the country’s navy has said.
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Navy personnel said the pachyderm was caught in a current off the coast near the town of Kokkilai and dragged into the ocean, where it was spotted by a patrol boat.
Department of Wildlife officials and another navy vessel were despatched to the area and helped drag the animal back to shore in a 12-hour rescue.
Divers aided by wildlife officials approached the distressed elephant and tied ropes to it, before towing it gently to shallow waters near the coast, where it was released.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to size each other up in person for the first time on Friday in what promises to be the most highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Trump has said he wants to find ways to work with Putin, a goal made more difficult by sharp differences over Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine, and allegations Moscow meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
That means every facial expression and physical gesture will be analyzed as much as any words the two leaders utter as the world tries to read how well Trump, a real estate magnate and former reality television star, gets along with Putin, a former spy.
The fear is that the Republican president, a political novice whose team is still developing its Russia policy, will be less prepared than Putin, who has dealt with the past two U.S. presidents and scores of other world leaders.
“There’s nothing … the Kremlin would like to see more than a (U.S.) president who will settle for a grip and a grin and walk away saying that he had this fabulous meeting with the Kremlin autocrat,” Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee, said in an interview on MSNBC.
Source: All eyes on Trump-Putin dynamics as they meet for first time at G20 | Reuters
After months of secret trials, AFLX — a high-octane, seven-a-side version of football played on soccer-sized grounds with quarters shortened to 10 minutes — is being slated to be shown off to fans on the pre-finals bye weekend this year.
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The AFL says it is looking to showcase the new version of the game between the best players from teams that miss this year’s finals series.
Prizemoney and incentives are being discussed while matches which could be televised nationally on Fox Footy.
The Herald Sun reported in February that Port Adelaide was putting its weight behind the AFLX concept as it looks to grow the game in China.
“We’ve had Auskick and AFL approved by the Chinese education department in Beijing to be an approved sport to play at school,” Power chairman David Koch said.
Basic ground set up for AFLX.Source:Supplied
WHAT IS AFLX?
PLAYED on a soccer-size pitch. Trial games have been played between teams of seven players, with three on the interchange bench.
ONE umpire, no centre bounces and kick-ins from full-back after each goal.
QUARTERS last 10 minutes.
“Any time you can get the best players playing in a different, fun format, I think it’s shown it can be successful in other sports and we think our product’s as good as everyone’s so we’re trying to find different ways and options to play,” he said.
The AFL trialled the concept with North Melbourne during the pre-season and made adjustments after a series of further practice matches between players from VFL sides.
Source: What is AFLX? AFL’s answer to Twenty20 cricket set for September launch
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But further along the road there is a far more sinister scene – a man carrying a machete and a woman armed with a small axe, both chasing the one man who ends up throwing rubbish in an attempt to protect himself.
DISTURBING footage has emerged of a street confrontation in Swan View, with axes and machetes brandished in a family feud.
The man who filmed this vision told 7 News Perth he had no idea what started it but locals say it’s typical of the behaviour they put up with in the suburb.
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Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has been taken to hospital in Italy after being involved in a motocross accident on Thursday.
They said the 38-year-old Yamaha rider, a nine times world champion and currently third in the top class, had been diagnosed with ‘mild thoracic and abdominal trauma’ in a hospital check-up after the accident in training in eastern Italy.
‘No fractures have been detected in any part of the body and no serious traumatic pathologies were found,’ the team added.
Rossi’s home grand prix at Mugello is the next round of the MotoGP championship on June 4.
A further medical bulletin will be issued on Friday, the team said.
Rossi had led the championship until last weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans, where he crashed on the last lap while battling for victory with Spanish team mate Maverick Vinales.
Source: Valentino Rossi taken to hospital with ‘mild injuries’ | Daily Mail Online
