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Lorna has lived through two world wars, two pandemics and 26 Australian prime ministers
Australia's oldest woman Lorna Henstridge celebrates 112th birthday Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 8:12am In short: Bordertown's Lorna Henstridge will celebrate her 112th birthday on Saturday, June 6, making her Australia's oldest woman and the nation's second oldest person. She has lived through two world wars, two pandemics, the Great Depression and 26 Australian prime ministers.
A Surprising Spin On the World War II Drama
The World War II drama has been a hearty staple of the film industry’s diet for more than 80 years—even as Hollywood has turned away from the kind of meat-and-potatoes offering that the genre represents. And after so many decades, directors somehow still keep finding new narrative nooks and crannies to explore. Take Anthony Maras’s latest movie, Pressure, which asks a question that had never occurred to me: Just how stressful was it to be the person tasked with picking the opportune moment...
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The bad blood between Poland and Ukraine left over from World War II
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World War II veteran reveals 1-word feeling before D-Day 82 years later
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Iran-US war latest: Two more drones downed over Strait of Hormuz as Trump claims he ‘destroyed’ Tehran’s military
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UK ‘missing in action’ as Iran war hits farmers around the world
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Bidding war erupts for world’s oldest bank as Italy’s Intesa gatecrashes BPM offer
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