Australians celebrate and protest the anniversary of British colonization

Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election

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Auschwitz 80th anniversary gathering raises difficult questions

World leaders gather in Poland on Holocaust memorial day, Fed and ECB make rate calls, and the Year of the Snake begins
Financial Times - 9h
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier

After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer.
The New York Times - 2d
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, dies at 104

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
NBC News - 4d
Speeches by politicians banned at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

Director of the memorial says he wants the focus to be on the last survivors of the Nazi concentration camp. Monarchs, presidents and prime ministers are expected among the attenders at a ...
The Guardian - Jan. 13
Australian Open predictions: Emma Raducanu out in first round and no British quarter-finalists

The 2025 Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year and the 113th running of the event, starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday with four British women, including the 2021 US Open ...
Yahoo Sports - Jan. 9
Harris to certify Trump victory on Jan. 6 anniversary

Vice President Kamala Harris will oversee a new Republican-led Congress as they certify Donald Trump’s election win on the anniversary of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NBC’s Vaughn ...
NBC News - Jan. 5
South Korea’s Dueling Protests

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The New York Times - Jan. 3
Preventing a British royal regency nightmare

Being regent would thrust Harry onto the global stage — which he and Meghan have arguably attempted to crash repeatedly since “Mexiting.”
The Hill - Jan. 2
Ross Kemp returns to EastEnders for 40th anniversary

Kemp will appear as Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap for the first time in nine years.
BBC News - Jan. 1

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