Xi Wages ‘Memory War’ to Rewrite WWII History With Eye on Taiwan – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Xi Wages ‘Memory War’ to Rewrite WWII History With Eye on Taiwan  Bloomberg.com
  2. Battle for history: China's WWII anniversary rekindles legacy debate  NPR
  3. Ahead of China's war parade, Taiwan president says aggression will fail  Reuters
  4. Former KMT chair, Want Want manager among Taiwanese set to attend Beijing parade  South China Morning Post
  5. Taiwan flags huge cost of China's military parade in growing war of words  yahoo.com
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Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested outside Melbourne court over alleged attack on Indigenous protest site

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Victoria police confirm arrest hours after the neo-Nazi confronted Victorian premier Jacinta Allan at a press conference

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been arrested outside a Melbourne court over an alleged attack on Camp Sovereignty, a sacred Aboriginal burial ground in Kings Domain and longstanding protest site on Sunday.

Victoria police have confirmed detectives from the Melbourne crime investigation unit arrested Sewell, 32, and two associates – a 23-year-old man from Mooroolbark and a 20-year-old man from Ardeer – outside Melbourne’s magistrates court about 3.20pm on Tuesday.

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Bob Katter distances himself from neo-Nazi group associated with megaphone at anti-immigration protest

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Separately, Greens call on Queensland MP to ‘apologise or resign’ for verbal altercation with Channel Nine reporter last week

The federal MP Bob Katter has distanced himself from a neo-Nazi group that claimed ownership of a megaphone he used at a Townsville rally against mass immigration, with the veteran politician claiming he has been the victim of “bullying” in the media.

The Greens have separately called on Katter, the member for Kennedy, to “apologise or resign” over his verbal altercation with a Channel Nine reporter last week, asking the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission to investigate his conduct.

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Vietnam celebrates 80 years since declaring independence with flags, boba tea and a military parade – AP News

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  1. Vietnam celebrates 80 years since declaring independence with flags, boba tea and a military parade  AP News
  2. Vietnam celebrates independence day with huge military parade  Reuters
  3. Vietnam marks 80th independence anniversary with military parade  Al Jazeera
  4. Vietnam marks 80 years of independence from France with parade of 40,000  France 24
  5. Vietnam National Day  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
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Twenty missing in Indonesia protests, rights group says

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Mass protests first erupted last week, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing allowance

At least 20 people are missing following violent protests that have gripped cities across Indonesia over the past week, a human rights group has warned.

Mass protests first erupted on 25 August, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing allowance. Public fury escalated further when a motorcycle taxi driver, 21-year-old Affan Kurniawan, was run over by a police vehicle at a protest site.

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Palestinian Australian brothers allege racist abuse on Sydney train

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Shamikh and Majed Badra said men shouted abuse at them, allegedly because Majed was wearing a keffiyeh

Two Palestinian Australian men say they were subjected to racist abuse on a Sydney train on the same day anti-immigration marches took place across Australian cities.

Film-makers Shamikh and Majed Badra told Guardian Australia they were verbally abused on a train on Sunday afternoon, allegedly because Majed was wearing a keffiyeh.

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