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By Jon Cooper | The Good Word You just don’t know where or what will bring about the next great innovation. Georgia Tech is always a pretty good guess for the “Where.” As for the “What,” that can be something as simple as wanting to avoid duplicating your work or maybe even just hating to drive. Both of those went into Jaeiza Smith’s formation of Brainstream Tutoring, a virtual tutoring company the 2019 GT graduate in civil engineering and her younger sister Jira, currently attending Stanford, began in 2019, back when virtual learning was more a luxury than a necessity. “Basica...

30 wonderful wildlife holidays for 2021 From polar bears to butterflies, these wildlife holidays put animals in the spotlight Lions in Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa Credit: Getty From leopards, lions and wildebeest to flamingos, whale sharks and giant morpho butterflies, Brian Jackman guides you around the world in 30 species to mark World Wildlife Day.  1. Bengal tiger No other image sums up the Indian subcontinent more dramatically than Shere Khan, as Rudyard Kipling called him – the ultimate carnivore, 440lb of molten copper, with curious round eyes that seem to drill deep int...

Melbourne Magistrate's Court on January 27. Photo: Zane Alcorn About 60 people gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 27 to support Refugee Action Collective member Chris Breen, who is on trial for “inciting” people to participate in a car cavalcade to support detained refugees. The cavalcade on April 10 went past the Mantra Hotel where 65 refugees were detained. Thirty participants were fined $1652 each, a total of nearly $50,000. Most are planning to challenge the fines. See also Breen was arrested before the cavalcade began and held for nine hours. The incitement c...

Advertisement Twenty more refugees have been freed from hotel detention a day after the surprise release of 45 men locked up in Melbourne for more than a year. However, 14 other men remain detained at the Park Hotel in Carlton, having been denied visas, but not told why. Medevac detainees Subeshan Kanagalingam (left) and Parkeerathan Palasingam have been released from a Melbourne hotel after years in immigration detention. Credit:Rachael Dexter Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the government had decided to release many of the refugees into the community as it was cheaper than payin...

Medevac detainees have been freed after years in Australia's immigration detention system. Here's why, and what may happen next By Yara Murray-Atfield © Provided by ABC News A photo posted by Kurdish refugee Mostafa "Moz" Azimitabar, who called his release "the most beautiful moment of my life". (Twitter: Mostafa Azimitabar) Refugee advocates say 46 people have been released from detention in a Melbourne hotel after more than a year in Australia under medevac laws. They were brought to Australia for urgent medical care after spending years in Australia's offshore processing...