****ASF Breaking News****

[SirRumpole]

With Charles as King presumably this means our coins will eventually change yes ?

With inflation, they should do away with coins completely.

 

[PZ99]

Here's a good article on the subject

What happens to Australian money now the Queen has died?

While cash and coins are becoming rarely used today, the Queen's image was a small reminder of Australia's connection to the royal family. What happens now?

www.abc.net.au

 

[noirua]

Chinese scientists discover new lunar mineral

Chinese scientists discover new lunar mineral-

english.news.cn

The Changesite-(Y) has been officially approved as a new mineral by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association. ■

 

[noirua]

 

[noirua]

Not all is well beneath the golden covers if the truth be told. Prince Harry travelled alone to Balmoral Castle causing him to arrive after the Queens death. Prince Andrew remains exiled from the working Royal Family.

With the Queen's death, Prince Harry has never looked so alone​

The last to arrive at Balmoral and first to leave, Harry's dismissal from the Firm now appears complete
Author of the article
Sep 09, 2022 • 8 hours ago • 7 minute read • 18 Comments
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/with-the-queens-death-prince-harry-has-never-looked-so-alone

What Lies in Store for Andrew During Reign of King Charles III?​

With the death of the Queen, the Duke of York's exile from the working monarchy looks certain to be permanent.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[noirua]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/typhoon-muifa-aims-for-china-with-heavy-rain-gusty-winds-expected-in-shanghai/1244015

 

[noirua]

'Hustler' Ruto becomes Kenya's fifth president after close election

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog "hustler" battling the elite.

www.reuters.com

 

[noirua]

Flooding in Chicago+ lots

https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/torrential-rain-and-flooding-drench-chicago/yNxEHANw?utm_term=cat-video,chicago,heavy%20rain,flooding,illinois&utm_medium=push&utm_source=pushly&utm_content=2380948&utm_campaign=pushly_manual

 

[sptrawler]

Just a great story, someone who can be bothered preserving an old Aussie building, rather than let it just fall down and disappear.

This century-old church's future looked dire. Then a restorer trucked it to their property

The unused church, which was built by "bush carpenters" in 1907, was deteriorating. So, Claire Mactaggart stepped in.

www.abc.net.au

 

[noirua]

Major fire engulfs skyscraper in Changsha, central China

State media report number of casualties currently unknown in blaze at telecommunications firm

www.theguardian.com

 

[sptrawler]

Nailed it.

Funeral plans: ‘Put Macron at the front or he’ll have hysterics’​

Keep apart leaders who hate one another, watch what you feed them and position President Macron to avoid “a hissy fit”. This is the advice to organisers ahead of the largest gathering of VIPs in 70 years.

 

[sptrawler]

A semi trailer in the U.S lost its load, it apparently was carrying sex toys.
I can see it now, guy comes off his motorbike, fills in the insurance claim "accident due to slipping on vibrator".

Video: Semi goes too hard and loses load, boxes filled with adult toys everywhere – report

A truck crash in Oklahoma has resulted in sex toys on the road.

www.drive.com.au

A semi-trailer has overturned in the US city of Oklahoma, spilling its contents of adult products across the I-40 highway.
Local channels Oklahoma 4 TV and News 9 reported the incident, but it was alternative news outlet Vice that confirmed the products scattered across the scene – believed to be Adam & Eve G-Spot Touch Finger Vibes.

 

[SirRumpole]

A semi trailer in the U.S lost its load, it apparently was carrying sex toys.
I can see it now, guy comes off his motorbike, fills in the insurance claim "accident due to slipping on vibrator".

Video: Semi goes too hard and loses load, boxes filled with adult toys everywhere – report

A truck crash in Oklahoma has resulted in sex toys on the road.

www.drive.com.au

A semi-trailer has overturned in the US city of Oklahoma, spilling its contents of adult products across the I-40 highway.
Local channels Oklahoma 4 TV and News 9 reported the incident, but it was alternative news outlet Vice that confirmed the products scattered across the scene – believed to be Adam & Eve G-Spot Touch Finger Vibes.

I think the mess would be cleaned up pretty quickly.

Or maybe the whole story is a phallusy.

 

[noirua]

Race Riots in Leicester in West Midlands, England.

Leicester Hindu-Muslim violence: 15 arrested after temple vandalised in riot-hit area | Watch

Leicester Hindu-Muslim violence: The riots were triggered on August 28 after India won the Asia Cup T20 match against Pakistan.

www.indiatvnews.com

Stand up against the attacks and sectarianism in Leicester

The poisonous politics of the Indian right are finding their way into Britain.

socialistworker.co.uk

Police diverted from Queen’s funeral to deal with religious violence

Extra officers were deployed from the West Midlands, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

www.independent.co.uk

 

[sptrawler]

Looks like brickies in the U.S might get a leg up, Trumps wall construction might re start.

Arrests along U.S.-Mexico border top 2 million a year for the first time

Federal authorities are on pace to make more than 2.3 million arrests during the 2022 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That will far exceed last year’s record of more than 1.7 million arrests.

www.texastribune.org

Arrests along U.S.-Mexico border top 2 million a year for the first time​

Federal authorities are on pace to make more than 2.3 million arrests during the 2022 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That will far exceed last year’s record of more than 1.7 million arrests.

In August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained 203,598 migrants crossing from Mexico, the latest figures show, putting authorities on pace to tally more than 2.3 million arrests during the government’s 2022 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The total, which includes some people apprehended more than once, far exceeds last year’s record of more than 1.7 million arrests.

The historic migration wave this year has been driven by soaring numbers of people crossing from outside Mexico and Central America, the two largest traditional sources of illegal entries. Migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba accounted for more than one-third of those taken into custody along the southern border last month, according to Customs and Border Protection, a 175% increase over August 2021.

Critics say Biden administration officials have fallen far short of meeting their refugee admission goals, and the number of migrants who have died this year attempting to cross into the United States is at an all-time high. Scores have drowned in the Rio Grande in recent months, and 53 were killed in June when smugglers in Texas packed migrants into a sweltering tractor trailer with a failing cooling system.

 

[noirua]

Canadians clean up after Fiona sweeps homes out to sea; one dead

It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm Fiona left an "unprecedented" trail of destruction, officials said on Sunday, as crews fanned out in five provinces to restore power and clean up fallen trees and debris.

www.reuters.com

Video footage shows some of the devastation caused by Storm Fiona in parts of Canada on Saturday. After surging north from the Caribbean as a hurricane, Fiona came ashore before dawn on Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone, battering Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Quebec with hurricane-strength winds, heavy rains and huge waves. Canadian troops have been deployed to assist the recovery Houses washed away after storm Fiona as Canada sends in military for clean-up

Port aux Basques, N.L., is under an emergency evacuation order as the town is pounded by severe winds, storm surge and flooding due to post-tropical storm Fiona.

 

[Knobby22]

Tropical storm hits Canada shattering low pressure records-amazing.

Epic Fiona batters Atlantic Canada with destructive winds, sets records - The Weather Network

Post-tropical cyclone Fiona made landfall in eastern Nova Scotia early Saturday morning, shattering records for the deepest low-pressure system ever to be recorded on Canadian soil.

www.theweathernetwork.com

 

[noirua]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/25/italy-election-results-meloni-right/

ROME — Italian voters shattered several precedents Sunday, backing parties that are now set to form the country’s farthest-right government since the fall of Mussolini, led by its first female prime minister.

“I don’t think we’re going back to 1920, but that is the underlying inspiration,” said Rita Taggi, 59, a tax consultant.

Benito Mussolini - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[noirua]

Sydney United 58 fans condemned for Nazi salutes at cup final

Football Australia criticises a "small number" of Sydney United 58 fans who appeared to perform Nazi salutes and booed the Welcome to Country during last night's Australia Cup final.

www.abc.net.au

Sydney United 58 FC - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

During the 2022 Australia Cup final, some fans of Sydney United sung Za dom spremni (a chant honouring the fascist Ustaše movement), booed the Welcome to Country and national anthem, performed salutes (commentators characterised as Nazi salutes) and carried flags bearing resemblance to the flag of Nazi Germany. These fans were lambasted by Football Australia, who stated: "Football Australia acknowledges that a very small minority of attendees engaged in behaviour that is not consistent with Football Australia's values and wider community expectations. Football Australia took steps during the match to address these isolated behaviours, including eight evictions."[24][25]

 

[noirua]

Russia tightens security on Crimea bridge after huge blast

The crossing was built after Russia seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in violation of international law in 2014.

www.euronews.com

Russia launches biggest air strikes since start of Ukraine war

Russia rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities on Monday in what the United States called "horrific strikes", killing civilians and knocking out power and heat with its most widespread air attacks since the start of the war.

www.reuters.com