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• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned delegates at the opening of the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York that the multilateral system is straining under fractured geopolitics. • Guterres offered his full backing to Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, who serves as the President of the 81st General Assembly session.

• Top global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, are gathering this weekend for the BRICS summit to address global crises. • Attendees include World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and New Development Bank representative Dilma Rousseff.

• The Russian Embassy in the United States called for the two nations to cooperate within a new geopolitical environment to avoid further confrontation. • The embassy stated that this partnership is necessary to prevent a "globalist elite" from provoking new conflicts between the countries.

• Onda Madrid launched the "De cara al mundo" program to provide international analysis on current global conflicts and diplomatic trends. • The broadcast covers a range of critical topics including the 25th anniversary of 9/11, institutional visits to Ukraine, and the healthcare collapse in Sudan.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host leaders from BRICS nations, including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, for a two-day summit in New Delhi starting Saturday. • The meeting focuses on insulating developing economies from the economic impacts of conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia.

• India will host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026. • The event will test whether the expanded and more diverse group of nations can effectively wield its political influence.

• World leaders will gather in New Delhi on September 12 and 13 for the 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit. • The expanded grouping will discuss global governance, trade, investment, technology, and food and energy security.

Former SBS newsreader had been accused by Zionist Federation of Australia of breaching Racial Discrimination Act when sharing X postsFederal court proceedings brought by the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) against journalist Mary Kostakidis have been discontinued “by consent” with “no order as to costs”.The former SBS newsreader had been accused by the federation of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) by sharing two X posts about a speech by the late Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah in January 2024. Continue reading...

Officers found one 14-year-old’s ebike was capable of hitting 90km/h. Owners have two weeks to appeal the seizure before the bikes will be crushedDozens of high-powered and illegal ebikes have been seized by police on Sydney’s northern beaches just weeks after the force was granted new powers to destroy dangerous bikes.The operation was part of a coordinated push with the NSW government to ensure people only ride legal ebikes that have not been modified to reach high speeds. Continue reading...

SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple’s Palm Desert homeA 65-year-old California woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly fatally wounding her husband with a flagpole, according to SF Gate.On 4 September, Palm Desert sheriff’s deputies responded to an “unknown trouble call” in The Enclave, a luxury condominium community. Upon arrival, officers located an individual with “traumatic injuries” that appeared to be from a physical assault and pronounced them dead. Continue reading...

Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The state medical examiner on Thursday ruled Fortune’s death a homicide.Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for Jacques Ratliff and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. Continue reading...