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Independent bookshops in Hong Kong that for years provided mainland Chinese readers with books censored on the mainland are closing their doors, marking the latest sign of the city's shrinking space for dissent under Beijing's tightened control since the imposition of the national security law in 2020.
Peruvian authorities have successfully rescued dozens of people who had been trapped by landslides on a major highway in the central Andes for nearly a week, officials confirmed on Saturday. The landslides, triggered by heavy rains, blocked a critical stretch of the Carretera Central, isolating motorists and passengers between the cities of Lima and La Oroya without food or water for days.
Newly revealed letters from Natalie Harp, a close aide to former President Donald Trump, show the young woman expressing deep concern about upsetting her boss and a desperate desire to foster a more intimate relationship, according to reports from multiple Australian news outlets.
· 3 sourcesJapan executed a man on Friday for killing five people in a 2009 arson attack on a pachinko parlour in Osaka, marking the first execution under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, five people are missing and eight others injured after a fire in an Alpine town, with authorities still investigating the cause.
· 2 sourcesPresident Donald Trump signed a new national space transportation policy Thursday, calling for the development of more spaceports to support over 1,000 launches per year by 2030, while in Mexico City, a neighborhood known as 'Little LA' has become a haven for Mexicans deported from the United States, highlighting the contrasting effects of administration policies.
· 2 sourcesMitchell Starc took five wickets in a devastating 22-ball spell lasting 43 minutes on Saturday morning in Mackay, as Australia's under-siege batting line-up was given a temporary reprieve after captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl in the second Test.
· 2 sourcesOne person was killed and three others wounded in a sword attack at a Swedish high school on Friday, with police shooting and arresting an 18-year-old male suspect, authorities said.
· 2 sourcesA 77-year-old woman recently walked nine miles through drone-infested skies to escape the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, a place rescue teams now refuse to enter because it is deemed too dangerous. Her harrowing journey, described by the New York Times, underscores the dire conditions for civilians trapped in areas under heavy Russian military pressure.
An airstrike by Myanmar's military reportedly killed at least 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, according to opposition sources. Local residents said more than 100 people were inside the monastery for a religious retreat at the time of the attack.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared that the time has come to end the standoff with the United States from a “position of strength”, as Omani and Iranian foreign ministers held a phone call amid reports that Washington is preparing additional economic sanctions against Tehran.
The US Postal Service posted a final rule late Friday that would impose new requirements on states to provide the federal government with information on voters before the November midterm congressional elections, despite two federal court injunctions that currently block the changes from taking effect. The rule, published online ahead of its scheduled appearance in the Federal Register next week, aligns with a March executive order signed by former President Donald Trump aimed at election integrity.
At least five people deported from the United States under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program were flown to Equatorial Guinea on Friday after they refused to disembark from a plane that landed in Liberia, according to U.S. and Liberian officials. The incident underscores mounting tensions over the administration’s practice of sending non-Liberian deportees to Liberia without clear legal status or destination agreements.
· 2 sourcesA six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham, West Sussex, in an incident that also claimed the lives of her mother, father and older sister, police confirmed on Friday. The family, identified as Palestinian-British, drowned on Tuesday, with the youngest victim succumbing to critical injuries in hospital.
· 2 sourcesItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, on the cusp of leading Italy's longest-lasting postwar government, gave a rare interview touching on her political journey and leadership style, while a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Peru's Ayacucho region on Thursday, causing damage and power cuts, according to the US Geological Survey.
· 3 sourcesBritain, Australia, and Canada have issued a rare joint condemnation of Israel’s decision not to open criminal investigations into the April 2024 airstrike that killed seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK), calling it “shameful”. The Israeli military confirmed it would not pursue criminal charges over the attack, which sparked global outrage and drew sharp criticism from the three nations, whose nationals were among the victims.
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