Australian PM calls for 'transparent inquiry' into killing of girl by CCD in Punjab’s Chakwal

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday called for a transparent inquiry into the shooting of Hania Ahmad by the Punjab Crime Control Department (CCD) earlier this week, according to The Guardian.

Adeel Ahmed, 39, his wife Dr Sidra Khan, their daughter Hania Ahmed, 9, and son Aafan Ahmed, 10, were shot at during a robbery when CCD personnel opened fire on their vehicle, mistaking it…

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Chakwal encounter gets international scrutiny

LAHORE: The tragic death of a minor girl in a police shootout in Chakwal has been widely covered in the Australian media, as the Crime Control Department (CCD) chief termed the incident a “deviation from the established” standard operating procedures.The incident was covered by ABC, The Guardian, and SBS news outlets, which highlighted that the Perth-based family was on holiday in Pakistan when…

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Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 11, 2026

In this week's Pagan Community Notes: A Witch wins elected office, a Guardian feature sparks conversation about Witchcraft, the 2026 COVR Award winners are announced, Oberon Zell offers insights in an upcoming Green Egg article, researchers discover a coral structure the size of Vatican City, Star's Tarot of the Week, and more.

Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 11, 2026 at…

El apuñalamiento de un hombre en Belfast a manos de una persona migrante y las posteriores protestas: preguntas y respuestas

¿Qué ha pasado en Belfast (Irlanda del Norte)?

La noche del8 de junio de 2026 , poco después de las 22.30 horas, laPolicía del Norte de Belfast se movilizó hasta Kinnaird Avenue tras ser avisados de un apuñalamiento. Según explicó Jon Boutcher , jefe de la policía, en la rueda de prensa concedida tras los hechos, los agentes llegaron al lugar, donde **algunos vecinos ya habían…

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El Mundial de Infantino y Trump: una amistad con derecho a premio

El próximo 15 de junio la selección de Irán saltará al césped del SoFi Stadium de Los Ángeles para medirse a Nueva Zelanda en su primer partido del Mundial de fútbol. Lo hará en suelo estadounidense mientras su país y el país anfitrión, pese a un alto el fuego que nunca llegó a cuajar —”en esa zona del mundo, ‘alto el fuego’ significa disparar de forma más moderada”, declaró Trump la semana…

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We Are Crowd-Sourcing the Panopticon

A man raises his phone as police move into a crowd. The video is shaky, loud, immediate. Within minutes, it is online. Within hours, it is everywhere. This is how accountability works now. Something happens, someone records it, and that footage can show what really happened, sometimes contradicting official accounts. It can empower citizens and create consequences for officials.

But the…

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Los humanos preferimos movernos dando vueltas en sentido antihorario, aunque no está claro por qué

Un estudio publicado en Nature Communications ha confirmado que las personas tienden a caminar en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj cuando se mueven libremente por espacios como edificios, plazas o campos. Según dicen, investigadores de la Universidad de Navarra ya detectaron el fenómeno durante la pandemia y lo comprobaron después en diversos experimentos realizados también en…

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Manchester United board confident of signing £100m star after Ederson transfer

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (Picture: Getty)

Manchester United executives are ‘optimistic’ they will beat Manchester City to a stunning deal for England midfielder Elliot Anderson, according to reports.

Anderson is currently preparing for the World Cup and is expected to be a key player in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.

The 23-year-old is coming off the back of another superb…

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Making sense of the Pentagon’s religious code controversy

_This article was first published in the_ State of Faith newsletter_. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night._

The latest controversy over the omission of Latter-day Saints from the Christian category on the Pentagon’s religious affiliation list — which has since been corrected — brought into focus an important point: While Americans continue to disagree about…

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Por una inteligencia colectiva. Cómo rescatar las imprentas digitales de Silicon Valley

El futuro tecnológico que dicta Silicon Valley no está escrito en piedra. Cientos, miles, quizá millones de plumillas harán falta para contar una historia distinta sobre el siglo XXI. Créanme, el fin del trabajo no es la utopía socialista anhelada : alguien tendrá que narrar lo que venga después, y a nuestras máquinas de escribir inteligentes no les quedan tantos años de energía. Pero parece…

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The 1963 Sci-Fi Movie That Directly Inspired ‘28 Days Later’

2002’s 28 Days Later, which was directed by Danny Boyle from a screenplay by Alex Garland, is a post-apocalyptic classic about the desperate survivors of a rage virus that has swept through the British Isles, turning humans into hyper-adrenalized, violent monsters.

The movie simultaneously revitalized the zombie genre and reinvented it, but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. In addition to…

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David Lynch Once Turned Down a Call from Stanley Kubrick

A student once asked David Lynch whether his filmmaking process mirrors Federico Fellini's. Specifically, Fellini's observation that the film he finishes is never the film he started.

The question, captured in a student Q&A on YouTube, opens something up. Lynch's answer is modest, but what follows (two stories about the directors he admired most) tells us a lot about what kind of filmmaker…

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Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)

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Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 — Analysts say Alphabet-owned platform's evolution is one of the defining media shifts of the decade

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‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

—The Guardian, on the architecture of the Obama library

Over 7 years ago, I said that his library would, "Rip the heart out of one of Fredrick Law Olmstead's most significant works."

I stand by this assessment. See the world's ugliest menhir:

Bulos y desinformaciones que te están intentando colar sobre la regularización extraordinaria de personas migrantes aprobada el 14 de abril de 2026

La regularización de personas inmigrantes y el derecho a voto en las "próximas elecciones": por tiempos no podrían votar en ninguna de las elecciones de 2027

La regularización no concede automáticamente el derecho a voto. La participación en las elecciones generales y autonómicas está reservada**** únicamente a las personas con nacionalidad española. **La nacionalidad no se consigue…

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