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Larissa Waters, who represented Queensland and recently made headlines for becoming the first senator to breastfeed her child in Parliament, issued a tearful apology Tuesday.

"It's with great sadness that I have discovered that I'm a dual citizen and I'll be forced to stand down from my position in the Senate," said Waters who holds both Australian and Canadian citizenship.

Australia continued its unbeaten run, taking care of a spirited Samoan side with ease.

Australia’s Sam Froling showed his dominance today (Wednesday), collecting a 23 point and 15 rebound double double.

Dru-Leo Leusogi Ape led the way for Samoa with 13 points and a vicious chase down block, but was unable to stop the Australian scoring power falling 142-34.

Ellis's manager, Emily Gerson Saines, confirmed the actor's death via an emailed statement on Saturday (local time).

The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report Ellis's death, quoted her as saying the actor died from complications of heart failure, adding more information would come to light in coming days.

The 76-year-old cleric, a top adviser to Pope Francis, was photographed at Sydney Airport early on Monday. He had arrived from the Vatican via Singapore.

Police have said the accusations relate to alleged "historical" incidents.

Cardinal Pell, who has strongly denied any wrongdoing, is due to face a Melbourne court on 26 July.

Australia's most senior Catholic figure was granted a leave of absence from the Vatican to fight the charges.

He did not make any comment on arrival in Sydney, local media said.

The Misiluki launch was held on Wednesday, 28 June in Sydney. Makeup artists, bloggers and industry influencers all with a passion for organic and natural skincare left the evening with their hearts full and their skin glowing as Misiluki founder Lufilufi Rasmussen shared the story behind Samoa’s luxury skincare range.

The case, expected to last six months, will involve women who claim their lives have been ruined by a vaginal medical device made by Johnson & Johnson.

It is designed to treat common complications from childbirth.

The firm behind the class action, Shine Lawyers, claimed about 8000 women could have been affected by mesh and tape surgical implants used to fix pelvic-floor damage from prolapse and incontinence.

The true number of Australia women affected is the subject of a senate inquiry. Estimates range from 3000 to 30,000 women.

While the first census in 1911 found the average Australian was a 24-year-old man, last year the typical Aussie was a married 38-year-old woman, who lives in a three-bedroom house, with two kids and two cars.

The census, which is conducted every five years, found that Asians now make up the largest percentage of the overseas-born population, jumping from in 2011 -- 32.9% to 39.7% last year. Europe led that category the last time the survey was taken.

But it's not working. My heart is still going a million miles an hour.

I'd experienced episodes of rapid heartbeat ever since I was a child. My mother told me they were called palpitations.

I mentioned them to a doctor once when I was a teenager and he jokingly asked if they were triggered by watching gyrating rock stars in music videos.

I took that to mean they were nothing to worry about.

Besides, I somehow discovered over the years that if they didn't go away by themselves, I could stop them by holding my breath for a short period.

It's the latest twist in a conflict that one analyst has described as undergoing a "dramatic escalation" as an "uneasy battlefield coexistence" between forces with competing aims proves impossible to maintain.

In a statement, the Australian Department of Defence -- part of the international coalition fighting ISIS in the country -- said: "As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased.

Stindl opened the scoring early on with a tidy finish after some good work from Julian Brandt, but the Asian Cup holders somewhat surprisingly restored parity shortly before the break when some poor goalkeeping from Bernd Leno allowed Tom Rogic to net.

The world champions, however, were back in front just three minutes later as Draxler converted a penalty, with Goretzka adding a third early in the second half.