Anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala Airport  Russia Police conducted home searches and confiscated phones to identify those who took part in the storming of an airport in the southern Russian region Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the arrest of 83 people in connection with Sunday’s anti-Semitic riots at Makhachkala Airport in the Republic of Dagestan. Police have warned that any attempts to provoke further unrest in the Muslim-majority region will be suppressed.  In a statement on Telegram on Monday, the ministry said officers had conducted over 50 searche ..read more

China Rail Photo YouTube Russia is committed to building railroads to China, as the two countries are boosting business ties and mutual cargo flows are growing rapidly. Two railway corridors – from Kemerovo Region and Krasnoyarsk Region – are part of the strategy for economic development of Russia’s Siberian Federal District, according to a document that was published on the government’s website on Monday. One of the proposed lines will see the construction of the North-Siberian railway, which would run through Altay Region to Urumqi – the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomou ..read more

  The young climate activist was accused of posting an anti-Jewish image Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was accused of spreading anti-Semitic messages online after she voiced support for the Palestinians on X (formerly Twitter). She deleted her original post after taking flak on social media.  On Friday, Thunberg shared a photo of herself and three other women holding posters with pro-Palestinian slogans. “Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza,” she wrote, calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, as well as “justice and freedom for Palestin ..read more

  PM Anthony Albanese Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese had good motives but his referendum has done much harm The National Anti-Corruption Commission the other day issued its weekly statement about its work program. The government legislated for the NACC late last year, it began operations on July 1, and it’s now going full steam. What if Anthony Albanese had taken the same approach to the Voice? The Senate would have passed the legislation. The Voice could be operating right now. Instead, the Voice is dead and reconciliation is, at least for the moment, a wasteland. In ..read more

Hamas launches major attack on Israel Projectiles were launched at southern and central parts of the country in an early morning surprise attack from Gaza Militants have launched rockets from Gaza into southern and central Israel on Saturday morning, the IDF said. At least five people have reportedly been killed.  “Hamas carried out a combined operation involving rocket fire and infiltrations by terrorists into Israeli territory,” the IDF said in a statement.  At least five people are believed to have been killed by the missiles. Four fatalities were reported in t ..read more

  Photo QLD Police Dash Cam Media outlets across Australia have carried headlines about a “youth crime crisis” in recent months. While drawn from actual events, often involving serious criminality and antisocial behaviour, these often sensational reports have the same narrative subtext. The story is one of “bad kids” doing bad things in otherwise “good communities”. Our understanding, as a society, of who we are is informed in part by the media. What the youth crime crisis is and who we understand young offenders to be corresponds with media framings of these individuals and ..read more

  Victoria First Peoples’ Assembly Victoria’s newly elected First Peoples’ Assembly has taken its seat in the Parliament of Victoria for the first time, with new members who will negotiate the historic statewide Treaty – giving Victoria’s First Peoples true self-determination in matters that affect their communities. After First Nations Victorians voted in record numbers in the second Treaty Elections, Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Treaty and First Peoples Gabrielle Williams today attended the new Assembly’s first meeting on Wurundjeri Country, congratulating members an ..read more

  Governments have failed to properly share decision-making with Indigenous people to accelerate Closing the Gap, despite formally undertaking to do so, according to a scathing indictment by the Productivity Commission. The commission says too many government agencies consult Indigenous people “on a pre-determined solution, rather than collaborating on the problem and co-designing a solution”. The broad-ranging criticism is contained in the commission’s first review of the 2020 “National Agreement on Closing the Gap”. The Albanese government will use the findings to reinforce its pitc ..read more

Miss Italy Photo YouTube A patron of the Miss Italy beauty pageant has ruled out the possibility of transgender entrants being permitted to compete, saying that competitors “must be a woman from birth.” The rule, which comes shortly after the Netherlands crowned its first-ever transgender winner of a similar beauty pageant, comes in contrast to other beauty events seeking to generate media attention by including non-traditional participants, according to Miss Italy official patron Patrizia Mirigliani. “Lately, beauty contests have been trying to make the news by also using strate ..read more

The Great Awakening Photo: Mikki Willis Mikki Willis Filmmaker embarked on an incredible journey with Plandemic 3: The Great Awakening, and it’s hard to believe that the premiere is now behind us. But the adventure doesn’t stop there!  This is the movie that everyone needs to see! The last few years finally start to make sense, as The Great Awakening assembles the puzzle pieces before your eyes. To keep supporting the film, please promote The Great Awakening on social media, and in conversations with your loved ones. Remember, the truth will always prevail ..read more