WORLD VIEWS
August rugby game between South Africa and New Zealand in Cape Town. Flight tracking service Flightradar24
estimated that the lead jet passed just 41 to 46 feet above the roof of the stadium. A second jet flew through a cloud of pink dust that shot up from the stadium roof as part of the pregame show. Airlink, a sponsor of the South African
Portugal Bans Burqas, Face Coverings President António José Seguro enacted a law banning face-covering garments in public, a measure widely viewed as targeting Muslim women who wear full- face veils known as burqas. It prohibits clothing intended to conceal
the face or prevent identification and criminalizes coercing someone to cover their face for reasons including gender or religion. Violators face fines of €150 to €3,000, with exemptions for health, safety, and other specified circumstances. Portugal joins several European
countries with similar restrictions. France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, and Bulgaria have national laws restricting face-covering veils in public, while the Netherlands has a partial ban.
Safety Debate Over Pregame Stunt A pregame stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a sports stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of around 56,000 people but also sparked a major debate over safety. The flyby by two Embraer jets operated by local airline Airlink happened before an
rugby team, said that the flyby was conducted according to safety regulations, with each jet carrying three senior captains onboard.
Seneca Chief Upset Over Lake America The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, saying it violates a 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place. Seneca Nation President J. Conrad
Seneca called for the Lake Ontario name to remain as a reflection of the Indigenous people who lived around the lake long before the creation of either the U.S. or Canada. Trump directed the Interior Department
to update the lake’s name as part of his escalating trade war with Canada. Seneca said the renaming violated a
1794 treaty signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship. In the traditional Seneca language, the lake’s name is “sga:nyodai:yoh,” meaning “beautiful lake,” Seneca said.
WHERE IN THE WORLD . . . AUSTRALIA ‘SAFEST PLACE’ ON PLANET M
aybe Mad Max was right. A new study published in Global Challenges identifies Australia as the country most resilient to global catastrophic risks, although
no place is completely safe. Researchers reviewed hundreds of studies covering threats including nuclear winter, asteroid impacts, volcanic eruptions, pandemics, cyberattacks, geomagnetic storms, and other disasters. Australia was the only country identified as resilient across all three major risk
categories: abrupt sunlight reduction, catastrophic infrastructure loss, and global biological risks. Its geographic isolation, strong food production, industrial and mining capacity, wealth, and political stability contribute to its resilience.
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CHURCH LEADER JAILED FOR BRIBES A South Korean court sentenced Hak Ja Han, the 83-year-old leader of the Unification Church, to two years in prison for bribing the wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and for other corruption charges. Han, widow of church
founder Sun Myung Moon, was charged with colluding with church of icials to give then-first lady Kim Keon Hee luxury goods when Yoon was in of ice for political favors. Kim received a four-year
prison term for receiving a Graff diamond necklace and two Chanel bags from the Unification Church, as well as for stock price manipulation, a charge unrelated to the church.
KIDNAPPING WAVE ROILS NIGERIA Kidnappers in Nigeria collected more than $5 million in ransom payments over the last year, a Lagos-based intelligence group said. “For every ransom that is
paid for a kidnapping incident, you are simply birthing another kidnapping incident,” Kehinde Giwa, a security analyst at SBM Intelligence, told The Associated Press. The group said that 7,825
people were kidnapped in that time, a 66% increase from the previous year. Abductions are common in Nigeria, where militant groups target schoolchildren and other civilians to extract ransoms.
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