Leading Garifuna musician reportedly among 12 dead in Honduras air crash

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Aurelio Martínez believed killed after plane crashed while taking off from Roatán island in Caribbean

At least 12 people, including a prominent member of the Garifuna music scene have died after a small plane crashed into the sea while taking off from a Caribbean island off Honduras, officials said.

The Lanhsa airlines plane departed at nightfall on Monday from Roatán, one of the Central American country’s main tourist destinations, heading for the port of La Ceiba, on the mainland.

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Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner

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Maria Ressa says rules-based order ‘can perhaps still exist’ but social media is being used to undermine democracy around the world

The arrest of Rodrigo Duterte is a welcome sign that the rules-based order continues to hold, the Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has said, even as the global order has been marred by the US “descending into hell” at the hands of the same forces that consumed the Philippines.

Ressa’s remarks came after Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, made his first appearance before the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, accused of committing crimes against humanity during his brutal “war on drugs”.

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‘Disgusting’ antisemitic tactics used to threaten exiled Hong Kong man in Adelaide, Jewish group says

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Exclusive: Ted Hui and Melbourne resident Kevin Yam are both subjects of anonymous letters and pamphlets mailed from Chinese-controlled territories

A prominent Jewish group has condemned a “disgusting” attempt to intimidate an exiled pro-democracy campaigner who fled to Adelaide from Hong Kong, with the federal opposition accusing a foreign actor of weaponising antisemitism.

Human Rights Watch said a separate attempt that encouraged people to inform on another dissident, Kevin Yam in Melbourne, was designed to make critics of the Hong Kong government feel “unsafe and hunted, no matter where they are in the world”.

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‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

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Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industry and environmental advocates in the region warn.

Initial actions taken since Trump returned to the White House in January – and put Musk in charge of slashing the federal government – already risk poisoning drinking water, decimating fish populations, and risking the jobs and health of tens of millions of people who rely on the lake system, they add.

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Terrifying vid ‘shows mysterious new sonic weapon’ deployed against crowd of protesters – clearing streets in seconds – The US Sun

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  1. Terrifying vid ‘shows mysterious new sonic weapon’ deployed against crowd of protesters – clearing streets in seconds  The US Sun
  2. What's Fueling Protests In Georgia, Hungary, Romania, And Serbia?  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  3. Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws Over 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet  The New York Times
  4. Mass anti-corruption protests put strain on close European ally of Russia  Fox News
  5. Netanyahu's Nightmare Is Playing Out on the Streets of Belgrade. Can It Happen in Israel?  Haaretz
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Serbia: Government denies using ‘sonic cannon’ at protests – BBC.com

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  1. Serbia: Government denies using 'sonic cannon' at protests  BBC.com
  2. Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters  The Associated Press
  3. Netanyahu's Nightmare Is Playing Out on the Streets of Belgrade. Can It Happen in Israel?  Haaretz
  4. Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws Over 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet  The New York Times
  5. Mass anti-corruption protests put strain on close European ally of Russia  Fox News
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Aurangzeb: Curfew in Indian city after violence over Mughal emperor’s tomb – BBC.com

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  1. Aurangzeb: Curfew in Indian city after violence over Mughal emperor's tomb  BBC.com
  2. "Someone Who Lived 300 Years Ago...": Uddhav Thackeray On Aurangzeb Grave Row  NDTV
  3. India orders curfew after violence over tomb of 17th-century Muslim ruler  Reuters India
  4. Violence grips Nagpur amid Aurangzeb protests | Tension captured in pics  Hindustan Times
  5. Nagpur violence: 'Chhaava' film reignited people's emotions, attacks seems 'premeditated,' says Devendra  The Times of India
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US man linked to Wieambilla shootings seeks to bar Australian police from testifying at trial

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Donald Day Jr, facing charges over guns and making threats overseas, is trying to block testimony from Queensland police

An American man accused of messaging with an Australian family whose delusional beliefs contributed to them killing three people has objected to Queensland police testifying at his trial.

Donald Day Jr, 60, from Arizona, was arrested by FBI agents in December 2023 and charged with making threats to public figures and law enforcement agents and with illegal firearms possession in the United States.

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Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa

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Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Efforts to stop the critically endangered African penguin from going extinct took a step forward on Tuesday after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups reached a legal settlement on no-fishing zones around six of the penguins’ major breeding colonies.

Sardine and anchovy fishing will not be allowed for 12 miles (20km) around the penguin colony off Cape Town on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, and Bird Island, across the bay from Gqeberha, also known as Port Elizabeth. There will be more limited closures around four other colonies, according to a court order formalising the agreement.

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Josh Cavallo reveals daily death threats and says football ‘toxic’ for gay players

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  • Adelaide midfielder talks of multiple daily death threats
  • Coming out brings ‘mountain of downsides’ for players

Australia’s first out gay male professional footballer, Josh Cavallo, has said he receives death threats every day and would find it difficult to encourage other footballers to come out due to the sport’s “toxic” environment. The Adelaide United midfielder came out in 2021 and said that despite his club’s and coaches’ support his openness about his sexuality had brought him a lot of pressure and negativity.

“There’s multiple, multiple, multiple death threats that come my way daily still,” Cavallo’s said on Fifpro’s Footballers Unfiltered podcast. “In the world of football, being an openly gay player is a very toxic place. It’s something not everyone would be able to handle and go through.

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Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza: Live Updates – The New York Times

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  1. Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza: Live Updates  The New York Times
  2. UN secretary-general ‘shocked’ by Israeli strikes on Gaza  The Times of Israel
  3. Ceasefire over as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas refused to release hostages, officials say  Fox News
  4. Live updates: More than 320 Palestinians killed in surprise Israeli airstrikes across Gaza  The Associated Press
  5. Kremlin warns of ‘spiral of escalation’ in Gaza  The Times of Israel
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