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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 · 1d

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 · 11h

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

Sky News on MSN · 16h

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.

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,

Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 10h

Captain Cook statue in Australia defaced ahead of ‘Invasion Day’

SYDNEY >> 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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Sydney man recovering from attack while holidaying with family in Thailand

What was meant to be a relaxing family trip to Thailand, quickly turned into a nightmare for Sydney couple Nayeem Hasan Antu ...

Stop everything! This airline is slinging crazy-cheap flights from Sydney to Europe

Exhausted Sydney's Euro-summer coded spots? We've got good news – you could get a taste of peak Europe IRL this year thanks ...

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How Warner’s captaincy transformed Sydney Thunder

In his first season as captain, David Warner has helped transform Sydney Thunder from woeful wooden spooners to BBL finals ...

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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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When is the Australia Day public holiday this year?

Because January 26 falls on a Sunday this year, many people will get a long weekend thanks to a public holiday on Monday.

Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets five times harder in a generation

With Sydney’s median house price almost double that of the typical unit in the city, the difference between the two property ...

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