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Cardi Bmade a striking appearance in Miami as she joined herboyfriend, NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs, for his 32ndbirthdaycelebration.

The rapper recently gave birth to the couple's first child together, but she didn't hold back when it came to fashion. Instead of starting the night quietly, she arrived withconfidence, keeping the spotlight on her style and her excitement for Diggs' special day.

The event took place during the New England Patriots' bye week, giving Diggs time to celebrate with Cardi B and close friends. While the night included dinner,musicand dancing, Cardi B's entrance became one of the biggest highlights shared on social media.

Cardi B posted her birthday-bash look on Instagram, where fans immediately reacted. She wore a bold, form-fitting black maxi dress with a deep neckline and a low open back decorated with gold chains.

The chain work created a cage-like design along her back and sides, showing off her tattoos and making the dress look both elegant and daring. She paired the dress with gold heels, a matching clutch and an updo styled by Tokyo Stylez, with makeup by Erika La' Pearl Roman.

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Videos from the night showed Cardi B dancing confidently next to Diggs, who wore a navy blue jacket with gold detailing. The rapper also serenaded him with Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" during dinner.

The moment Cardi B shared her look, fans filled the comments with excitement and surprise. Many couldn't believe how strong and confident she looked just weeks after delivering her baby boy.

"Cardi just had a baby and already glowing." one person wrote.

Another fan cheered, saying, "The glow, thehappiness… she deserves to be happy."

Others pointed out how much she seemed to shine around Diggs, with someone commenting, "Let's talk about how Cardi been glowing ever since she found the right person."

Her figure also became a big topic. A follower said, "You can't deny she looks amazing."

Another joked about her flat midsection, writing, "3 kids how? Just had a baby where? I meannn NOOOO stomach."

One more fan chimed in with praise about her new chapter, posting, "She deserves to be happy."

Diggs also shared his own photos online, posting a message about the past year: "Carried all this weight on me & never complained once. The older you get the morepeaceyou want… a hard year but we still going 🥂 32."

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Cardi B and Diggs welcomed theirson, whose name and face remain private,  on Nov. 4. This is her fourth child and Diggs' third. Even while adjusting tolifewith a newborn, Cardi B's career is full of momentum.

Her albumAm I the Drama?continues to chart, she is preparing for herLittle Miss Dramatour starting in February, and she is nominated for Best Rap Performance at the upcoming Grammy Awards.

Despite her busy schedule, Cardi B's Miami appearance showed how excited she is for this new chapter as a mom, as a performer and as a partner supporting Diggs.

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President Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors after presenting the2025 Kennedy Center honoreeswith their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Saturday, hailing the slate of artists as "legendary in so many ways."

"Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years," Mr. Trump, the first president to command the stage instead of sitting in an Opera House box, said to open the show.

This year's recipients were actorSylvester Stallone, singersGloria GaynorandGeorge Strait, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford.

Mr. Trump said they were "among the greatest artists and actors, performers, musicians, singers, songwriters ever to walk the face of the Earth."

On Saturday, he called the honorees, whom he was deeply involved in choosing, as "perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class" ever assembled.

Mr. Trump said Saturdaythey are a group of "incredible people" who represent the "very best in American arts and culture" and that, "I know most of them and I've been a fan of all of them."

Asked when he arrived how he had found time to prepare, Mr. Trump said he "didn't really prepare very much."

"If you look at the great hosts, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, those are the greats," Mr. Trump said, while disparaging previous hostJimmy Kimmel, whom the president has criticized on multiple occasions, going so far as to urge ABC to remove him as host of"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

"But no, I think you, you want to be just loose and not a lot to prepare for. You know what you have to be? You have to be yourself," Mr. Trump said."I have a good memory, so I can remember things, which is very fortunate," the president said. "But just, I wanted to just be myself. You have to be yourself. Johnny Carson, he was himself."

Mr. Trump assumed a role that has been held in the past by journalist Walter Cronkite and comedian Stephen Colbert, among others. Before Mr. Trump, presidents watched the show alongside the honorees.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, one of several Cabinet secretaries attending the ceremony, said he's looking forward to Mr. Trump's hosting job."Oh, this president, he is so relaxed in front of these cameras, as you know, and so funny, I can't wait for tonight," Lutnick said as he arrived with his wife, who is on the Kennedy Center board.

Mr. Trump said in August that he had agreed to host the show. He said Saturday at a State Department dinner for the honorees that he was doing so "at the request of a certain television network." He predicted that the broadcast,scheduled to air Dec. 23on CBS andParamount+, would have its best ratings ever.Since 1978, the honors have recognized stars for their influence on American culture and the arts. Members of this year's class are pop-culture standouts, including Stallone for his "Rocky" and "Rambo" movies, Gaynor for her feminist anthem "I Will Survive" and Kiss for its flashy, cartoonish makeup and onstage displays of smoke and pyrotechnics. Country music superstar George Strait and Tony Award-winning actor Michael Crawford are also being honored.

Mr. Trump said persistence is a trait all the artists share.

"Some of them have had legendary setbacks, setbacks that you have to read in the papers because of their level of fame," he said from the stage. "But in the words of Rocky Balboa, they showed us that you keep moving forward, just keep moving forward."

He said many of the politicians, celebrities and others in the audience shared the trait, too.

"I know so many of you are persistent," Trump said in his opening. "Many of you are miserable, horrible people. You are persistent. You never give up. Sometimes I wish you'd give up, but you don't."

The ceremony was expected to be emotional for the members of Kiss. The band's original lead guitarist, Ace Frehley,died in Octoberafter he was injured during a fall. The band's co-founder Gene Simmons, speaking on the red carpet when he and the other honorees arrived for the ceremony, said the president had assured him there would be an empty chair among the members of Kiss in memory of Frehley.Stallone said being honored at the ceremony was like being in the "eye of a hurricane.""This is an amazing event," he said. "But you're caught up in the middle of it. It's hard to take it in until the next day. ... but I'm incredibly humbled by it."Crawford also said it was "humbling, especially at the end of a career."Gaynor said it "feels like a dream" to be honored. "To be recognized in this way is the pinnacle," she said on the red carpet.Mike Farris, an award-winning gospel singer who is performing for Gaynor, said she is a dear friend. "She truly did survive," Farris said. "What an iconic song."Actor Neil McDonough said he's presenting the award to Stallone, which he said was long over due for Stallone's writing and acting. "But that isn't even the best part," McDonough said. "The best part is that Sly is one of he greatest guys I've ever met."Previous honorees have come from a broad range of art forms, whether dance (Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham), theater (Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber), movies (Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks) or music (Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell).Mr. Trump upended decades of bipartisan support for the center by ousting its leadership and stacking the board of trustees with Republican supporters, who then elected him chair. He has criticized the center's programming and the building's appearance — and has said, perhaps jokingly, that he would rename it as the "Trump Kennedy Center." He secured more than $250 million from Congress for renovations of the building.Presidents of each political party have at times found themselves face-to-face with artists of opposing political views. Republican Ronald Reagan was there for honoree Arthur Miller, a playwright who championed liberal causes. Democrat Bill Clinton, who had signed an assault weapons ban into law, marked the honors for Charlton Heston, an actor and gun rights advocate.During Mr. Trump's first term, multiple honorees were openly critical of the president. In 2017, Mr. Trump's first year in office, honors recipient and film producer Norman Lear threatened to boycott his own ceremony if Mr. Trump attended. Mr. Trump stayed away during that entire term.Mr. Trump has said he wasdeeply involved in choosing the 2025 honoreesand turned down some recommendations because they were "too woke." While Stallone is one of Mr. Trump's Hollywood "special ambassadors" and has likened Mr. Trump to George Washington, the political views of Sunday's other guests are less clear.Strait and Gaynor have said little about their politics, although Federal Election Commission records show that Gaynor has given money to Republican organizations in recent years.Simmons spoke favorably of Mr. Trump when Mr. Trump ran for president in 2016. But in 2022, Simmons told Spin magazine that Mr. Trump was "out for himself" and criticized the president for encouraging conspiracy theories and public expressions of racism.Fellow Kiss member Paul Stanley denounced Mr. Trump's effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, and said Mr. Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were "terrorists." But after Mr. Trump won in 2024, Stanley urged unity."If your candidate lost, it's time to learn from it, accept it and try to understand why," Stanley wrote on X. "If your candidate won, it's time to understand that those who don't share your views also believe they are right and love this country as much as you do."

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Varietywon 20 first-place trophies Sunday night at the 18th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, up from the 14 the publication scored in last year's competition.

Varietywas awarded across a wide spectrum of categories for work published during 2024-25, with the wins coming in divisions ranging from hard news and business reporting to commentary and criticism to photography and cover art. The tally of 20 first-place wins was the most for any print-based publication in the 2025 competition, sponsored annually by the Los Angeles Press Club.

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Among the accolades was a trophy in the Print Journalist of the Year category for chief music critic and senior writer Chris Willman, picking up that prize for a second time after first winning it last year.

Also scoring first-place prizes for writing and reporting were editor-at-large Kate Aurthur, international features editor Leo Barraclough, chief correspondent Daniel D'Addario, chief awards editor Clayton Davis, senior entertainment & media writer Matt Donnelly, chief film critic Owen Gleiberman, executive editor Brent Lang, freelance contributor Kristen Lopez, international reporter Naman Ramachandran, executive editor for TV Michael Schneider and associate web editor Michaela Zee.

Photo editor Jennifer Dorn, creative director Haley Kluge, Jennifer Halper, Emilio Madrid, Richard Maltz and Joe Toreno were top finishers, as well, rewarded for their work on the magazine's art and photography.

A cover package on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour proved popular with judges. Willman, chief music critic and senior music writer, won for Best Music Feature for his cover story on Swift ("How Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Took Over the Entire World"), which involved covering the blockbuster tour's impact overseas. An award for Best Cover Art went to the team of Dorn, Kluge, Maltz and Toreno, for a specially crafted image that had the "biggest tour of all time" theme spelled out in the form of friendship bracelets.

Dorn and Kluge were repeat winners, scoring along with Halper and Madrid in the category of Portrait Photo, Music/Theater/Arts for a photograph of Darren Criss and Cole Escola.

Executive editor Brent Lang was a two-time winner this year, too, picking up an award for Business/Film/Print for "Netflix's Origin Story: How the Streamer Killed Blockbuster Video, Snagged 'House of Cards' From HBO and Changed Hollywood Forever" and another for Commentary Analysis/Trend, Film, Print for "How Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' Endured a Hellish Production to Become Hollywood's First Summer Blockbuster."

Chief correspondent Daniel D'Addario picked up the award for Best Theater/Performing Arts Critic for his stage reviews from throughout the year.

Chief film critic Owen Gleiberman was the recipient of the prize for Obituary/In Appreciation, Film Personalities for his remembrance "Remembering Val Kilmer, a Powerful Actor Who Remained a Reluctant Movie Star."

A second prize for an appreciation of a sadly missed entertainer went to editor-at-large Kate Aurthur in the category of Obituary/In Appreciation, TV Personalities for her piece "Remembering Shannen Doherty: A Gen X Icon Who Fought Like Hell to Live."

Executive editor for TV Michael Schneider was the recipient of the Hard News, TV/Streaming award for "L.A. Reporters Cover Devastation in Their Own Neighborhoods During Wildfires: 'Feels Like a Nightmare' and 'Fatigue Is Setting In'."

Chief awards editor Clayton Davis won Commentary Analysis/Trend, Online for his column "Tony Hinchcliffe Called Puerto Rico a 'Floating Island of Garbage': His Hate Disguised as Comedy Wasn't Funny or a Joke."

Matt Donnelly picked up the trophy for Hard News, Film, Online for his article "Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy Under Fire at Warner Bros. Amid Box Office Flops: 'We Didn't Want to Fail' David Zaslav."

The award for Personality Profile, Film Industry, Online went to international reporter Naman Ramachandran for his piece "Deepa Mehta on 30 Years of Boundary-Breaking Cinema: Facing Down Protests, Hanging Up on George Lucas and Her $1 Deal With Salman Rushdie."

Michaela Zee won Film Feature, Production/History—Below-the-line Creatives for her story on a composer's latest work, "How Alexandre Desplat Crafted the Score for Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme.'"

Leo Barraclough was the recipient of the award for Film Feature, Production/History—Above-the-line Creatives, for his piece "'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Director on Lifting the Lid on Kremlin Pro-War Propaganda in Sundance Documentary."

Freelance contributor Kristen Lopez picked up the prize for Diversity in the Film Industry, Online for her story "Disabled Performers Advocate for Allies in Hollywood: 'Inclusion Needs to Be a Movement and Not a Moment'."

Besides Print Journalist and Music Feature, Willman's other three wins were for Best Columnist, Online; Commentary Analysis/Trend, Music, for "Stop Blaming 'Celebrity Endorsements' for Kamala Harris' Loss: We Need to Hear From Artists Now More Than Ever"; and Music Feature, Group/Industry Artists, for "Shania Twain and Brandi Carlile on Teaming Up for an All-Female-Headliner Festival, and Why Women Supporting Women Is Always 'Right on Time'."

Varietywas additionally honored with dozens of second- and third-place honors in the 2025 NAEJ competition.

The ceremony was held at the Millennium Biltmore, where the L.A. Press Club also hosts the SoCal Journalism Awards each July.

Honorary awards were given out during the ceremony to Paul Anka (the Legend Award), Larry Mantle (the Luminary Award), Marlee Matlin (the Impact Award), Kasi Lemmons (the Distinguished Storyteller Award) and Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen (the Visionary Award). Anka wrapped up the program with a customized rendition of his most famous composition, "My Way," with lyrics altered to reflect both his own NAEJ honor and those of the attending journalists.

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A woman who was recorded shouting racist slurs at a couple in Wisconsin has been fired from the Cinnabon franchise where the outburst occurred.

Video showed the woman telling the couple — described in an online fundraiser as a "black Somali Muslim couple" — "I am racist" and directing the N-word at them. A TikTok user who uploaded the video said the interaction happened Friday at a Cinnabon location in Ashwaubenon, a suburb of Green Bay, and targeted her and her husband.

On Sunday, a Cinnabon spokesperson called the video "deeply troubling."

"The individual seen in the video was immediately terminated by the franchise owner," the spokesperson said. "Their actions and statements are completely unacceptable and in no way reflect the values of Cinnabon, our franchisees, or the welcoming environment we expect for every guest and team member."

The company said it would remain committed to ensuring its customers are treated with respect and kindness.

It said the confrontation took place at an independently owned and operated location at the Bay Park Square mall.

The video does not show how the confrontation started. The TikTok user said it began after she asked the worker for more caramel on her cinnamon roll. The worker replied that "you could see me squeezing it through that witch craft bandanah you're wearing on the top of your head (basically referring to my hijab……)," according to a caption on the video.

The video also showed the worker displaying two middle fingers at the couple and threatening to throw water on the woman recording.

Cinnabon did not identify the worker. An online fundraiser allegedly set up to benefit her had raised nearly $100,000 as of Sunday night.

Attempts to reach a woman believed to be the worker by phone were unsuccessful Sunday night.

Attempts to reach the couple were not immediately successful.

Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, marking the potential collapse of a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago.

Both sides accused the other of launching strikes along their disputed border Monday morning, after weeks of simmering tension and the earlier suspension of progress on the ceasefire agreement by Thailand.

Thai army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvaree said that the airstrikes targeted Cambodian military infrastructure, and were retaliation for an attack earlier on Monday that killed a Thai soldier.

"The target was at Cambodia's arms supporting positions in the area of Chong An Ma Pass, because those targets had used artilleries and mortar launchers to attack the Thai side at Anupong Base, resulting in one soldier killed," Suvaree said. Seven people were injured in the attack, he added later during a news briefing.

Cambodia began targeting the Thai border at around 3 a.m. local time on Monday, the Thai army said in a statement.

In a separate statement, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) said "Cambodia had mobilized heavy weaponry, repositioned combat units and prepared fire-support elements – activities that could escalate military operations and pose a threat to the Thai border area."

Cambodia's Ministry of National Defense denied the RTAF allegations, calling it "false information" in astatementon X.

"Standing on the spirit of respecting all previous agreements and resolving conflicts peacefully according to international law, Cambodia did not retaliate at all during the two assaults and continues to monitor the situation vigilantly and with utmost caution," it said.

In a separate statement, the Cambodian army accused the Thai military of launching "an attack on the Cambodian forces" at around 5.04 a.m. local time.

"It should be noted that this attack occurred after the Thai forces engaged in numerous provocative actions for many days," it said.

About 70% of Thai civilians have been evacuated from border towns, the Thai army statement said.

Thailand and Cambodia fought afive-day border conflictin July that killed dozens of people and displaced about 200,000 on both sides of the frontier.

An initial ceasefire between the two sides was agreed on July 28 after Trump held calls with their respective leaders.

Thailand and Cambodia then signed an expanded ceasefire declaration in Kuala Lumpur in late October in a ceremony witnessed by Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Ibrahim on Monday said he was "deeply concerned by reports of armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai forces," while urging restraint on both sides.

"The renewed fighting risks unravelling the careful work that has gone into stabilising relations between the two neighbours," he wrote in a statement.

Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc, a regional group focused on economic, political, and security cooperation in Southeast Asia.

The October ceasefire declaration was viewed by Trump as a major diplomatic victory, and another fillip to his much vaunted –and often disputed– campaign to have ended several wars.

However, within less than a fortnight of signing, the agreement between Thailand and Cambodia began fraying.

Thailand said it was halting progress on the agreement after a landmine explosion at the border injured several Thai soldiers.

Thailand and Cambodia have fought brief skirmishes in recent decades over their disputed border and the fighting earlier was some of the most serious in years. Each side accused the other of starting the latest border flare-up and traded blame for the clashes.

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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s humanitarian aid coordination office is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year, mostly from Western governments, plunged to the lowest level in a decade.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Monday it was seeking $33 billion to help some 135 million people cope with fallout from wars, climate disasters, earthquakes, epidemics and food shortages. This year, it took in $15 billion, the lowest level in a decade.

The office says next year it wants more than $4.1 billion to reach 3 million people in Palestinian areas, another $2.9 billion for Sudan — home to the world's largest displacement crisis — and $2.8 billion for a regional plan around Syria.

"In 2025, hunger surged. Food budgets were slashed — even as famines hit parts of Sudan and Gaza. Health systems broke apart," said OCHA chief Tom Fletcher. "Disease outbreaks spiked. Millions went without essential food, healthcare and protection. Programs to protect women and girls were slashed, hundreds of aid organizations shut."

The U.N. aid coordinator sought $47 billion for this year and aimed to help 190 million people worldwide. Because of the lower support, it and humanitarian partners reached 25 million fewer people this year than in 2024.

"I know budgets are tight right now. Families everywhere are under strain," Fletcher said. "But the world spent $2.7 trillion on defense last year – on guns and arms. And I'm asking for just over 1% of that."

He has called for "radical transformation" of aid by reducing bureaucracy, boosting efficiency and giving more power to local groups. Fletcher cited "very practical, constructive conversations" almost daily with the Trump administration.

"Do I want to shame the world into responding? Absolutely," Fletcher said. "But I also want to channel this sense of determination and anger that we have as humanitarians, that we will carry on delivering with what we get."

By Byron Kaye and Cordelia Hsu

SYDNEY, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Sydney teenager Ayris Tolson believes the start of her first summer holiday under Australia's youth social media ban will be relatively easy as she spends time with family, but as the weeks drift by, she fears being alone and isolated.

From December 10, Australia will impose a ​world-first social media ban on under-16s, blocking them from TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram.

More than one million under-16s will lose their accounts and nine days later break ‌for the long December-to-January holidays when most of Australia shuts down until February.

"You're basically isolated for about six weeks during the school holidays," Tolson, 15, told Reuters. "As it continues on, I will probably feel more attached to social media. ‌It's not such a good time."

Mental health experts say a rollout right before the longest school holiday of the year may worsen the shock for teenagers who rely on the technology for socialisation and won't have the grounding routines, or institutional supports, of school.

The cold turkey effect of no school and no socials will be especially pronounced for children in remote locations or minority groups like migrants and LGBTQI+ people, who lean more on the internet for connection with like-minded people, the experts say.

No quantitative studies show how many Australians under 16 use social media to access mental health services, but a 2024 ⁠survey by youth service ReachOut.com found 72% of those aged 16-25 ‌use it to seek mental health advice and nearly half use it to find professional help.

"If you were at school, there would have been a lot of conversation and chatter around it; it's a shared experience," said Nicola Palfrey, head of clinical leadership at headspace, a government-funded youth mental health ‍service.

"If you've got more time on your hands and you're in your head quite a bit, if you're feeling quite anxious or worried or sad, that's the sort of thing where time alone with your thoughts is not ideal. It's those people that are starting to feel concerned."

The Australian government has pitched the ban - which threatens platforms with a fine up to A$49.5 million ($33 million) - as beneficial to mental health since it will ​protect young people from bullying, harmful content and addictive algorithms.

At a conference this month, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said some young people in marginalised groups "feel more themselves online than ‌they do in the real world", and should visit various exempted online spaces including those run by headspace.

The government will collect two years of data following the ban on its "benefits, but also the unintended consequences", she said.

YOUTH SERVICES READY FOR INCREASE IN CASES

Already the timing - a byproduct of when the law passed through parliament - is prompting changes in youth services which rely on social media to reach young people.

Kids Helpline, a telephone and online service, typically experiences a lull over the summer. This year, it is training 16 additional counsellors, an increase of 10%, for a possible deluge of referrals due to the social media ban, said its head of virtual services Tony FitzGerald.

School-related stress typically eases over holidays, but "with young people being disconnected from being able to communicate, potentially, with ⁠each other on these platforms, that may actually increase anxiety", he said.

"We'll be making sure that we've got ​adequate counselling resources available to support that surge."

Lauren Frost, head of policy for the Youth Affairs Council Victoria, said ​she was getting so many inquiries from youth organisations about how to function without social media, she was planning a new national body to discuss reaching young people offline. But over the holidays, even offline options will be in short supply.

"The interaction that young people have with teachers or support staff or ‍youth workers will be less, so they won't be ⁠able to play that role of supporting young people through this time of transition," Frost said.

"They're feeling a lot of fear and a lot of anxiety."

At Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, a clinic treating addiction to gaming and social media will monitor for an uptick of presentations over the holidays, said its head of mental health and addiction ⁠services Daniela Vecchio.

Annie Wang, 14, said she uses various social media apps but wasn't too worried about the ban because she did most of her communicating on Discord, which is exempt since its main purpose is messaging.

For those without ‌Discord, she said: "They're basically just shut off from everyone, and they will be probably inside all of the school holidays, which is not good".

($1 = 1.5053 Australian dollars)

(Reporting ‌by Byron Kaye and Cordelia Hsu, with addition reporting by Stefica Bikesh; Editing by Michael Perry)