Man arrested over Sydney airport scuffle back in custody after alleged assault at Central train station

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Nicholas Teplin, 41, allegedly struck three men on Thursday afternoon, a day after airport arrest during which a police gun accidentally fired

A Victorian man involved in an airport scuffle in which a police gun was accidentally fired is back in custody for allegedly assaulting several people the next day.

Nicholas Teplin, 41, faced a court on Friday on allegations he hit three men in the head at Sydney’s Central railway station and then shoved a police officer while in custody.

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Photos: Putin’s 25-year legacy with US presidents – Al Jazeera

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  1. Photos: Putin’s 25-year legacy with US presidents  Al Jazeera
  2. From admiration to Alaska: A timeline of Trump and Putin’s high-stakes encounters  Fox News
  3. From bromance to bitterness, Trump-Putin relationship full of twists and turns  USA Today
  4. How Trump and Putin's past meetings went - and what to expect this time  BBC
  5. Will Trump be outmanoeuvred or will he surprise us all?  Sky News
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On India’s Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks – AP News

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  1. On India’s Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks  AP News
  2. India's Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions  Reuters
  3. India Independence Day  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  4. Modi Slams ‘Economic Selfishness’ in Defiance of US Tariffs  Bloomberg.com
  5. Narendra Modi vows ‘self-reliant India’ in wake of Donald Trump’s 50% tariff  Financial Times
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India’s Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions – Reuters

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  1. India's Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions  Reuters
  2. India Independence Day  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  3. Cow’s milk, as well as Russian oil, fuels the US-India trade war  The Economist
  4. Modi Slams ‘Economic Selfishness’ in Defiance of US Tariffs  Bloomberg.com
  5. On India’s Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks  AP News
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African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent’s True Size – Slashdot

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  1. African Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continent's True Size  Slashdot
  2. African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size  The Guardian
  3. Why African campaign groups want the traditional world map scrapped  Sky News
  4. ‘Correct The Map’: AU Denounces Cartographic Imperialism in Global Fight for Africa’s Spatial Justice  Morocco World News
  5. African Union pushes for new world map that reflects the continent's true size  Business Insider Africa
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Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case – The Independent

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  1. Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case  The Independent
  2. FGM: Outrage in The Gambia after one-month-old baby dies  BBC
  3. Gambian police charge three women after death of newborn girl linked to FGM  Reuters
  4. The Gambia: Why was a baby girl cut?  BBC
  5. Baby FGM death in the Gambia ‘should shame us all’  The Telegraph
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Israeli minister says Sydney Harbour Bridge protesters ‘useful idiots’ who fell for terrorist propaganda

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Sharren Haskel accuses demonstrators of ‘marching with terrorist organisations’ but organisers reject her claims and say people are ‘outraged’

An Israeli government minister has said the thousands of Australians who marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to protest against the killing in Gaza were “naive” and “useful idiots” for Hamas.

Sharren Haskel, Israel’s deputy foreign affairs minister, also claimed during Friday’s interview on ABC radio that there was not a “real famine” in Gaza.

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