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Jetstar says the flight was cancelled due to an engineering issue on the same day that the global CrowdStrike outage took place. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Kristy Sexton-McGrath, ABC national tourism reporter, and Jessica Haynes, ABC What was meant to be a dream holiday in Japan for Cassandra Nichterlein and her young family turned into a costly nightmare when their return flight was cancelled. Nichterlein, her husband and their three children - all under six years of age - were ready to return to Sydney after a 10-day break in Osaka. But the family's plans unravelled soon after arriving at the airport on 19 July. "There was a sign on the check-in counter telling us the flight had been cancelled due to mechanical failure," Nichterlein said. "That's pretty much where the explanations ...

US prosecutors obtained a new indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP US prosecutors obtained a new indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump on Tuesday, following a US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution. The new indictment dropped allegations that Trump sought to pressure the US Justice Department in his bid to overturn his election defeat, an apparent effort to keep the prosecution alive after the high court found that Trump could not be prosecuted for that conduct. - Reuters Source link

New Zealander captain James Cutfield declined to respond to Italian prosecutors' questions. Photo: VesselFinder The captain of the luxury yacht owned by the family of British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily last week declined to respond to prosecutors during questioning on Tuesday, one of his lawyers said. James Cutfield, a 51-year old New Zealand national, was put under investigation on Monday by Italian prosecutors. "The captain exercised his right to remain silent for two fundamental reasons," lawyer Giovanni Rizzuti told reporters. "First, he's very worn out. Second, we were appointed only on Monday and for a thorough and correct defence case we need to acquire a set of data that at the moment we don't have." Lynch and six other people were killed when the British-flagg...

Trump's approach to the economy and employment was preferred by 43 percent of registered voters compared to 40 percent who preferred Harris's approach. Photo: AFP By Jason Lange, Reuters Donald Trump's advantage over Kamala Harris on the economy and crime is eroding among US voters, a sign the Democratic vice president's campaign is gathering momentum ahead of the 5 November presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, conducted 23-25 August, showed Republican former President Trump's approach to the economy and employment was preferred by 43 percent of registered voters compared to 40 percent who preferred Harris's approach. The 3 percentage point difference was too small to be significant given the poll's 4 percentage point margin of error. A prior...

Are you sick of deciding what's for dinner every night? Photo: Unsplash By Kellie Scott, ABC What will we have for dinner? Do the kids have after-school activities tomorrow? Should we catch up with friends this weekend? Our day is full of decisions, and the more choices we need to make, the more fatigued we can become, explains Australian Association of Psychologists director Carly Dober. "Decision fatigue is a state of mental overload that can impact or impede a person's ability to continue making decisions," says Dober, based in Naarm/Melbourne. It can also occur when you're having a difficult time, such as dealing with the death of a loved one, or are faced with uncertainties like the rising cost of living. Dober says parents, especially single parents and primary caregivers who typi...