Charlotte-area Catholic church among targets of Vatican’s excommunication – Charlotte Observer

  1. Charlotte-area Catholic church among targets of Vatican’s excommunication  Charlotte Observer
  2. Rebel Catholics Defy Vatican’s Calls to Return to Mainstream Church  The New York Times
  3. Vatican's excommunication of 'schismatic' priests hits Kentucky church  Cincinnati Enquirer
  4. The Society of St. Pius X shows itself out the door  National Catholic Reporter
  5. Why the SSPX dispute was never really about the Latin Mass  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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China dam collapses, cross-border railway halted as Typhoon Maysak slams Guangxi – South China Morning Post

  1. China dam collapses, cross-border railway halted as Typhoon Maysak slams Guangxi  South China Morning Post
  2. Flooding kills two in China's Nanning as east braces for super typhoon  Reuters
  3. Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China  The Guardian
  4. Heavy rains leave 5 dead in China's north while Tropical Storm Maysak hits the south and Vietnam  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Three reservoirs at risk, evacuations underway in Nanning, Guangxi  China Daily
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Iran Live Updates: Crowds Gather in Tehran for Ayatollah’s Funeral Procession – The New York Times

  1. Iran Live Updates: Crowds Gather in Tehran for Ayatollah’s Funeral Procession  The New York Times
  2. Iranian mourners call for vengeance on Trump during Khamenei funeral procession  Reuters
  3. Khamenei's other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding  AP News
  4. World in Brief: Iranians begin funeral procession for Khamenei; Russia attacks Kyiv ahead of NATO summit  The Economist
  5. Exhausted by Iran War, Tehran Transforms for Khamenei’s Funeral  The New York Times
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Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital kills at least 11 – AP News

  1. Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital kills at least 11  AP News
  2. Deadly Russian strikes hammer Kyiv on eve of Trump trip to critical NATO summit  CNN
  3. Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital ahead of key NATO meeting  The Washington Post
  4. Russia-Ukraine war: At least 11 killed in second Russian strikes on Kyiv in a week  BBC
  5. Deadly Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit  The New York Times
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‘We lost with a lot of honor.’ Mexico falls to England and is ousted from World Cup – Los Angeles Times

  1. ‘We lost with a lot of honor.’ Mexico falls to England and is ousted from World Cup  Los Angeles Times
  2. Thomas Tuchel criticises ‘erratic’ World Cup officiating: ‘The referees can send any team out in any moment’  The New York Times
  3. Governing on low power  Politico
  4. Mexico vs. England score: Three Lions survive Estadio Azteca, win all-time World Cup classic to advance  CBS Sports
  5. Great scenes as @petercrouch joins in on the celebrations in Mexico City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  FOX Sports
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Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier

Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real time

Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.

A total of 850,000 targets were detected in real time by the Israeli Tzayad digital army programme across all the military’s theatres of war between 7 October and the end of 2025, the company said at a military conference in London.

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Child protection services contacted before four-year-old’s alleged murder as police investigate cannibalism claim

Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on Saturday

The New South Wales department in charge of child protection received “a number of reports” about a four-year-old child before he was allegedly murdered by his mother, the minister revealed, as she announced a review into how the case was handled.

Kate Washington, the NSW minister for communities and family, announced the independent review into the child’s case on Monday afternoon, two days after police found the preschooler’s body at a home on the Central Coast.

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Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’

A crowd of millions assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that only seven months ago was gripped by street protests at which thousands of people were killed by government security forces. Many will say the assembly was a monument to a misconceived war launched on Iran by Donald Trump in February.

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