Asia football body axes tournaments, centralises Champions League

from Qerro Media Service - QMS https://ift.tt/2NxKFcp Forty-team Champions League will stage group games in one West Asian and one East Asian hub from mid-April.

Invasion Day: thousands attend vigils before 26 January protests and marches

Dawn vigils reflect on impact of colonialism and celebrate Indigenous life before First Fleet

• 26 January live blog: calls for Australia Day to move amid Invasion Day protests and marches
  
• Where to find Invasion Day rally and protest events on 26 January

As the sun rose on 26 January, thousands gathered in the rain and cold to pay tribute to elders, past and present, at the annual Invasion Day vigils.

Physically distanced crowds gathered in Barangaroo Reserve in Sydney from dusk until dawn to reflect on the impact of colonisation, and celebrate what life was like for Indigenous communities before the First Fleet arrived.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/26/invasion-day-thousands-attend-vigils-before-26-january-protests-and-marches

Invasion Day protests across Australia – in pictures

Amid debates about abolishing the holiday, Australia Day honours and whether protests should go ahead at all, people have rallied in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra to mark the day

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source https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jan/26/invasion-day-protests-across-australia-in-pictures

Trump campaign distances itself from new 'Patriot party'

Trump team rejects claims by new party’s founder that they are holding joint fundraising activities

Donald Trump’s campaign has sought to distance himself from efforts to create a “Patriot party”, an idea the former president has reportedly toyed with since his election defeat.

On Monday, the former president’s campaign committee, Donald J Trump for President (DJTFP), disavowed claims by a new political action committee (PAC) called the Patriot party, that the two were part of a joint fundraising campaign.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/26/trump-campaign-distances-itself-from-new-patriot-party

New Zealand school climate strikers call for 'can-do Kiwi attitude' to combat crisis

Crowds outside parliament demand government take the same science-led approach on climate as it did on Covid

School climate strikes have resumed in New Zealand, with young people calling on the government to turn the “can-do Kiwi attitude” that beat Covid-19 towards tackling the climate emergency.

A group of about 200 taking part in the School Strike 4 Climate NZ gathered outside parliament on Tuesday afternoon to present a group of politicians with a list of demands for “transformative action” on the climate crisis within the government’s first 100 days.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/new-zealand-school-climate-strikers-call-for-can-do-kiwi-attitude-to-combat-crisis

Egypt: Remembering the Arab Spring

from Qerro Media Service - QMS https://ift.tt/3iN1Imf Al Jazeera looks at the Arab Spring through the eyes of some of the people who lived through it.

New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet

Lauren Wolfe was let go two days after tweeting she had ‘chills’ at seeing Joe Biden’s plane land at Joint Base Andrews

A row has broken out over accusations that a New York Times journalist was fired after being targeted by rightwing critics for tweeting she had “chills” at seeing Joe Biden’s plane land at Joint Base Andrews.

Lauren Wolfe, who had been working as an editor at the Times, posted the message on 19 January, as Biden arrived ahead of his inauguration as president the next day.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/25/lauren-wolfe-new-york-times-editor-fired-biden-tweet