US appeals court halts Tennessee execution of Christa Pike
Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years.
Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU
French president, speaking alongside Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez, says EU bid would be good news for UK and Europeans
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has reacted warmly to Andy Burnham’s suggestion that the UK could rejoin the EU.
“Welcome back,” the French leader said in English with a smile at a news conference in Madrid on Wednesday. Macron continued in French: “If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans.”
Continue reading...Swiss Football Association withdraws support for FIFA boss Gianni Infantino
Executive committee reverses its support for the Swiss football administrator after endorsing his candidacy in June.
Jerusalem Daily: Flight carrying Israelis diverted after stabbing
A Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv was diverted after a stabbing, with Israeli officials calling it 'an act of terror'.
Pentagon says US troop withdrawal from Iraq is complete
The withdrawal ends two decades of foreign intervention in Iraq as part of 'global war on terror' and anti-ISIL fight.
Putin is repeating Brezhnev’s basic error – Yahoo
- Putin is repeating Brezhnev’s basic error Yahoo
- Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs The New York Times
- EXCLUSIVE: Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show Reuters
- Government Submits 3-Year Budget to State Duma as 2026 Deficit Set to Reach $88Bln The Moscow Times
- Russian Budget Plans Three Years of Record War Spending Bloomberg.com
Putin is repeating Brezhnev’s basic error – The Telegraph
- Putin is repeating Brezhnev’s basic error The Telegraph
- Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs The New York Times
- EXCLUSIVE: Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show Reuters
- Russia Plans Three Years of Record War Spending Under New Budget Bloomberg.com
- Government Submits 3-Year Budget to State Duma as 2026 Deficit Set to Reach $88Bln themoscowtimes.com
The way out of Ukraine’s deadlock with Magyar – The Kyiv Independent
- The way out of Ukraine's deadlock with Magyar The Kyiv Independent
- Hungary-Ukraine Ties Remain Fraught Months After Orban’s Ouster Bloomberg.com
- On September 29, the EU will make another attempt to unblock negotiations with Ukraine following Hungary's veto UA.NEWS
- Ukrainian Fuel Storage Facility in Hungary – Who Gets to Decide? Hungary Today
- Ukrainian foreign minister outlines agreements with Hungary: education law changes to be considered Українська правда
Romania’s political crisis intensifies as Parliament rejects pro-EU PM
Siegfried Muresan's loss of the confidence motion increases the prospect for snap elections.
French court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel
Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more still missing
A Paris court has jailed six men for manslaughter over the deaths of at least 27 people in the worst mass drowning on record from a small-boat crossing in the Channel.
Seven other men were found guilty of lesser smuggling charges with varying degrees of seriousness, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised gang and criminal conspiracy.
Continue reading...‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities
Women say nothing has changed since Delhi’s infamous Nirbhaya bus rape case 14 years ago
The posters, just like the women holding them, were taking no prisoners. “Girls don’t need curfews, rapists need consequences,” read one. “Lock your dicks rather than your women at home,” read another.
As hundreds of women walked from the gates of their university campus into the streets of Delhi – where sexual harassment, assault, catcalling and molestation are a constant, daily threat – they shouted together in a chorus of rage and defiance: “We want justice.”
Continue reading...Sweden must apologise for harm done to Sami people, says state-backed report
Independent commission accuses country of failing Indigenous people, amid rising tensions over land rights
An independent commission set up by the Swedish state has called on the country’s government to apologise for the “harm and injustice inflicted upon the Sami people” and to start a national process for “redress and reconciliation”.
The Truth Commission for the Sami People also called for a special apology to be issued urgently to elderly Sami people who were forced as children to attend segregated so-called “nomad school” and other boarding schools where they were “subjected to violations or abuse”.
Continue reading...Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen
Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
Eiffel Tower Chief Resigns After Female Staff Moved for Hindu Group’s Visit – The New York Times
- Eiffel Tower Chief Resigns After Female Staff Moved for Hindu Group’s Visit The New York Times
- Eiffel Tower chief to step down after exclusion of female staff during Hindu delegation visit cnn.com
- Head of Eiffel Tower to resign after controversial order to female staff NewsNation
- What the Eiffel Tower controversy reveals about a Hindu monastic practice – known as ‘brahmacharya’ The Conversation
- Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff told to stay hidden during Hindu group visit The Guardian
What happened on diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv?
Israel's prime minister said one of the pilots stabbed the other and then tried to crash the plane.
Crash of Tel Aviv flight narrowly averted after pilot fight; Ban on Canadian goods; Supreme Court allows Trump’s deportations to resume – Drop Site News
Mexico Links Vanished Students to Funeral Home – newser.com
- Mexico Links Vanished Students to Funeral Home newser.com
- Investigators announce break in Mexico’s most notorious unsolved crime The Washington Post
- Search for dozens of missing college students in Mexico leads to human remains, 17 new suspects CBS News
- Mexican authorities present 4 new lines of investigation in Ayotzinapa case Mexico News Daily
- Mexican government presents new findings in case of 43 missing students Aztec Reports
Photos: Kashmir’s 600-year-old Wazwan wedding feast adapts to modern life
Wazwan, a multicourse mutton feast, reflects Kashmiri cultural roots with recipes dating back to the 14th century.
Passengers describe stabbing on Israel-bound plane
Passengers on the Flydubai flight bound for Israel filmed the moments following the stabbing.
Garvaghy Road standoff brings Northern Ireland’s old wounds back to surface
Residents block an Orange Order parade in a standoff that has revived tensions, legal disputes and political conflict.