- Putin and Kim Jong Un join Xi Jinping for parade to showcase China's power, and a growing anti-U.S. union CBS News
- Leaders of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran gather in Beijing for huge military parade in challenge to the West CNN
- Who are the North Korean officials joining Kim Jong-un’s China visit? South China Morning Post
- Kim Jong-un Heads to Beijing by Train The New York Times
- Putin, Kim and Xi are meeting in China: BBC correspondents explain why BBC
Death toll climbs to over 1,400 after Afghanistan earthquake, official says – ABC News
- Death toll climbs to over 1,400 after Afghanistan earthquake, official says ABC News
- Afghanistan airdrops commandos to rescue quake survivors, UN warns food may run out Reuters
- Sacramento's Afghan American community heartbroken after devastating earthquake KCRA
- Taliban call for international aid as Afghan earthquake toll tops 1,400 The Washington Post
- How to help those impacted by the Afghanistan earthquake: Charities, organizations to support relief efforts ABC News
Belgium to Recognize Palestinian State, Joining Pressure on Israel – The New York Times
- Belgium to Recognize Palestinian State, Joining Pressure on Israel The New York Times
- A Palestinian State Would Be Good for Israel Foreign Affairs
- Recognition of Palestinian state would spur sprint towards two-state solution, envoy says Reuters
- Belgium moves toward recognizing a Palestinian state, drawing Israeli rebuke ABC News
- There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next? Tikvah
Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, kills more than 1,000 – Reuters
- Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, kills more than 1,000 Reuters
- Landslide kills over 1,000 people and levels entire village in Sudan's Central Darfur Fox News
- Pope prays for 1,000 killed in floods in Sudan's Darfur region Vatican News
- Sudan landslide leaves one survivor in village of 1,000, rebel group says The Washington Post
- Landslide Kills Hundreds in Sudan The New York Times
Race to find survivors after Sudan landslide kills hundreds
Sunday's landslide followed heavy rain and "levelled" a remote village, a local armed group says.
Hundreds killed in Sudan landslide, UN says
Sunday's landslide followed heavy rain and "levelled" a remote village, a local armed group says.
Billy Bragg releases song in support of Palestine and Greta Thunberg aid flotilla
Hundred Year Hunger – which has a chorus in Arabic – has been released by the British protest singer to coincide with a humanitarian aid flotilla heading for Gaza
Billy Bragg has released a new original song to show his support for the people of Palestine. The title of Hundred Year Hunger was inspired by a new book of the same name by E Mark Windle about the history of chronic malnutrition and deprivation in Gaza and will raise money for the Amos Trust’s Gaza Appeal.
Writing on Instagram, the British protest singer said that the song “looks at the current famine that Israel has created in Gaza through the lens of a century of enforced food insecurity and malnutrition imposed on the Palestinian people, firstly by British imperialism, then as a weapon of mass displacement by the state of Israel”.
Continue reading...Archaeologists in Peru discover 3D mural that could date back 4,000 years
The unprecedented find has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a multicoloured three-dimensional mural that could date back 4,000 years, in an unprecedented find that has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas.
The centrepiece of the three-by-six metre mural is a stylistic depiction of a large bird of prey with outstretched wings, its head adorned with three-dimensional diamond motifs that visually align the south and north faces of the mural. It is covered with high-relief friezes and features designs painted in blue, yellow, red and black.
Continue reading...Indonesia police fire tear gas near campuses as protest tensions rise – Reuters
- Indonesia police fire tear gas near campuses as protest tensions rise Reuters
- Indonesia’s fury and deep resentment rages on despite crackdown. Here’s what to know CNN
- With brooms in hand as symbol for change, Indonesian women join Jakarta protests Reuters
- How Protests, Tear Gas and Looting Roiled Indonesia The New York Times
- What to know about Indonesia’s deadly nationwide unrest over lawmakers’ perks PBS
Putin meets Slovak prime minister Fico in Beijing, praises his ‘independent’ policy – The Kyiv Independent
- Putin meets Slovak prime minister Fico in Beijing, praises his 'independent' policy The Kyiv Independent
- Slovakia wants to normalise relations with Russia, ramping up gas imports, PM Fico says Reuters
- Meeting with Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico Президент России
- Fico’s Putin Meeting Underlines EU Divisions on Ukraine Bloomberg.com
- Slovak Prime Minister Fico to Meet Xi, Putin, Zelenskiy This Week U.S. News & World Report
Xi to flaunt China’s vision of new global order at military parade – Reuters
- Xi to flaunt China's vision of new global order at military parade Reuters
- China: Beijing tightens control for military parade marking Xi's big moment on world stage BBC
- On WWII anniversary, China seeks to erase U.S. role in victory The Washington Post
- On parade in China: Putin, the PLA and purges The Economist
- China’s military parade is a show of strength from a country devastated in World War II AP News
How to watch the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati – Catholic News Agency
- How to watch the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic News Agency
- When will Pope Leo make Carlo Acutis the first saint of the millennial generation? USA Today
- 'God's Influencer,' 15, Set to Become First Millennial Saint on Sunday amid His Family Revealing Their 'Saintly Roots' People.com
- The Hospital of Saints: Carlo Acutis EWTN Vatican
- New Statue of Carlo Acutis Installed Beside His Tomb in Assisi Ahead of Canonization – EWTN Great Britain EWTN UK
Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee – The New York Times
- Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee The New York Times
- Zelenskiy wants higher-level talks on security guarantees next week Reuters
- Ukraine Outlines 'Three Pillars' of Security Guarantees Against Russia Newsweek
- Ireland 'open' to Ukraine peacekeeping mission - Martin RTE.ie
- Rutte: Ukraine peace process still in early phase breakingthenews.net
Gold price hits record high as investors seek safety
Experts say uncertainty resulting from US policy is making investors seek safer investments such as gold.
Russia’s Putin hails ‘unprecedented’ ties with China at talks in Beijing
The two leaders are seeking to promote "a more just and reasonable global governance system".
Strong aftershock hits Afghanistan after quake kills more than 1,400
Many remain trapped under rubble as rescuers use helicopters in remote areas hit by recent landslides.
Modi’s laughter meets Putin’s grin and Xi’s measured smile as the trio huddle – AP News
Xi Wages ‘Memory War’ to Rewrite WWII History With Eye on Taiwan – Bloomberg.com
- Xi Wages ‘Memory War’ to Rewrite WWII History With Eye on Taiwan Bloomberg.com
- Battle for history: China's WWII anniversary rekindles legacy debate NPR
- Ahead of China's war parade, Taiwan president says aggression will fail Reuters
- Former KMT chair, Want Want manager among Taiwanese set to attend Beijing parade South China Morning Post
- Taiwan flags huge cost of China's military parade in growing war of words yahoo.com
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested outside Melbourne court over alleged attack on Indigenous protest site
Victoria police confirm arrest hours after the neo-Nazi confronted Victorian premier Jacinta Allan at a press conference
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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.
Continue reading...Bob Katter distances himself from neo-Nazi group associated with megaphone at anti-immigration protest
Separately, Greens call on Queensland MP to ‘apologise or resign’ for verbal altercation with Channel Nine reporter last week
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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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