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Western United coach John Aloisi has apologised to the club’s fans after his team produced their “worst” A-League Men effort in years, going down to Central Coast 4-0.The Mariners led 3-0 by half-time of Friday night’s match at Gosford after early headers from central defenders Dan Hall and Brian Kaltak were complemented by a beautiful curling effort from Marco Tulio.

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said that China’s economic recovery is “still at a critical stage”, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday (Dec 8), as sluggish domestic activity and property sector woes drag on a post-pandemic rebound. The world’s second-largest economy expanded a moderate 4.9 per cent in the third quarter, slightly less than Beijing’s five per cent target, which is one of the lowest in years. “At present, the country’s economic recovery is still at a critical stage,” Xi said at a meeting of China’s Communist Party Politburo, the country’s top decision-making body, according to CCTV. Xi urged measures to…

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith talked openly about his mother in a recent interview and praised her for the major impact she made on his life and discussed how it affected him when she died in 2017.Smith talked to OutKick’s Clay Travis about how his family struggled and it helped him learn how to survive and the value of a dollar. He said he looked at his mother with more respect when he learned he was making more than her working at a newspaper than she did raising him and his siblings. Nov 24, 2023; New York, New York, USA;…

President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that he would seek another term as Russia’s leader at an election scheduled for March 17, setting in motion a campaign that is widely expected to result in another victory.With the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, Mr. Putin’s announcement was laden with symbolism. According to Tass, a Russian state news agency, he made it during a military awards ceremony in the Kremlin, responding to a question posed by Artyom Zhoga, a Russian military officer and official from Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine.“I won’t hide, I had different thoughts in different times,”…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The four Republican presidential primary debates of 2023 are in the books.Whether there will be another showdown before the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses remains to be seen.The big winner from the four prime-time clashes appears to be the candidate who skipped out on all four debates and came out relatively unscathed.That candidate is former President Donald Trump, who, in his third straight White House run, is the commanding frontrunner in the GOP nomination race with the Iowa caucuses, which kick off the 2024 GOP presidential nominating calendar, and the New Hampshire primary fast approaching.TRUMP ONCE AGAIN OFF…

Bitcoin is booming again, just weeks after the downfall of two of the industry’s biggest names. Bulls are hoping the prosecutions draw a line under the sector’s troubled past and will allow it to tap billions of dollars of cash from Wall Street.The price of the most actively traded cryptocurrency has soared about 160 per cent this year to a 20-month high of $44,000, leading the charge among digital tokens as the gloomy sentiment that has hung over the market fades and traders pile back in.It comes only weeks after the US successfully secured criminal prosecutions against Changpeng Zhao and…

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks with family members in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S, November 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner) Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. Subscribe now to get Fox News First in your email. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …’FOUR-YEAR SCHEME’ – Hunter Biden indicted on 9 new charges, accused of spending on ‘extravagant lifestyle,’ not taxes. Continue reading …GOLD FLAKES – California faces record $68 billion budget deficit as mass exodus to red states continues. Continue reading …IMMACULATE MARY – Immaculate Conception: Here’s what it…

Toronto police say a man has serious injuries after he was hit by a vehicle in Etobicoke on Thursday night.

Catholics around the world — who are already observing the first week of the Advent season — mark the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday, Dec. 8, a day that signifies the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. “The Catholic Church’s teaching on the Immaculate Conception is, in my opinion, one of our most beautiful yet frequently misunderstood doctrines,” Fr. Cassidy Stinson, a priest of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, told Fox News Digital. “In brief, this feast day celebrates the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was prepared…

The Illawarra Hawks have snapped the Perth Wildcats’ six-game NBL winning streak, riding a ferocious start to a shock 100-82 victory in Wollongong.The Hawks set up one of the biggest upsets of the NBL season with a 12-0 opening which they turned into an unassailable 38-18 quarter-time lead at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Friday night.