Devotees around the world celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday
The Dalai Lama's 90th birthday has been celebrated with cake and cultural performances by devotees around the world.
Australian doctors call for clampdown on social media influencers allegedly glamourising poker machines
Doctors’ warning comes after report reveals the social cost of gambling in Victoria had doubled to $14bn
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The peak body for Australian doctors has urged politicians and social media companies to restrict “shocking” content of influencers allegedly glamourising poker machines on social media, in what it called an incredibly new phenomenon.
The warning comes after a report commissioned by the Victorian government found the social cost of gambling in the state had doubled – from $7bn in 2014-15 to $14bn in 2022-23 – despite fewer people gambling.
Continue reading...Paris reopens River Seine to public swimming after century-long ban
About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up programme
Parisians and tourists flocked to take a dip in the Seine River this weekend after city authorities gave the green light for it to be used for public swimming for the first time in more than a century.
The opening followed a comprehensive clean-up programme sped up by its use as a venue in last year’s Paris Olympics after people who regularly swam in it illegally lobbied for its transformation. The outgoing mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, also helped to champion the plans, jumping in the river herself before the Olympics.
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NATO chief issues horrifying warning for World War 3 as he predicts how it will start – UNILAD
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Fresh Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 38 as Netanyahu heads to US for ceasefire talks – politico.eu
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Yvette Cooper hails new French tactics to reduce Channel crossings
Home secretary says working with French is vital to stop boats crossing, as UK prepares for Emmanuel Macron visit
Yvette Cooper has lauded new tactics used by the French to reduce the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats, before Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the UK this week, during which new initiatives are likely to be announced.
It is understood that a French review of how police could intervene to block boats that are already in the water has been completed, and French and British officials were continuing talks this weekend about what more could be done.
Continue reading...New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide – Mondoweiss
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Dalai Lama celebrates 90th birthday with followers in north Indian town
Cultural performances mark the occasion, while messages from global leaders are read out during the ceremony.
Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru
Researchers believe Peñico served as a trading hub linking ancient Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes and Amazon.
Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru – BBC
- Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru BBC
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Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru
Researchers believe Peñico served as a trading hub linking ancient Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes and Amazon.
Dalai Lama celebrates 90th birthday with thousands of devotees in India – Euronews.com
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- Richard Gere joins Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations BBC
- China Warns India to Choose Its Words Carefully on Dalai Lama and Tibet WSJ
Father’s desperate search for daughter after deadly floods hit Texas camp
Distressed parents are searching for their missing daughters at the Christian summer camp hit by flash flooding in Texas
Residents in Dutch town reads names of Gaza’s victims
Residents in the Dutch town of Nijmegen are reading aloud the names of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Ukraine’s sovereignty was violated long before Trump
For years, governments in Kyiv have been pressured into implementing policies not in the interests of Ukrainians.
Iran’s supreme leader appears in public for first time since Israeli attack – Financial Times
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- Iran supreme leader in first public appearance since Israel war BBC
- Iran’s Khamenei makes first public appearance since war with Israel Al Jazeera
Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa lures those fearing a moral decline in the West – The Washington Post
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