Police station outside Paris targeted in fireworks attack
On Saturday night, a group of forty unidentified people staged an attack on a police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, a commune south east of Paris.
The group attempted to force their way into the building, using metal bars and fireworks, but no injuries were reported after police were barricaded inside.
Tadjik elections to be considered too predictable
Tadjik presidential elections happened this Sunday and would be more than likely to extend the reign of its authoritarian head of state Emomali Rhamon for another seven years.
UK Exeter University International Relations Professor John Heathershow said the four other candidates to the election aren’t a real threat to the current president.
Victorian school students go back to school
Students in Victoria will return to in-class learning, after the state records 15 new coronavirus cases.
Primary school students, as well as those in year 11 and 12, will return to classrooms after almost ten weeks of remote learning.
2020 school formals face numerous restrictions
School formals are likely to be unusual this year with restrictions in place such as wait lists, no dancing rules and even ballots to choose who will be able to attend the events.
Each state approached regulations differently, with Victoria or the ACT forbidding any events; NSW and Queensland are applying strict rules of social distancing, limited number of people allowed in the premises and ban on dancing or singing.
Police investigate fatal shooting of former motorcycle gang member
Queensland Police are investigating the fatal shooting of Shane Bowden, a former member of the Mongols Outlaw MotorCycle Gang, which occurred early this morning.
Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith said Queensland Police believe that Mr Bowden was killed by other members of the Mongols gang.
Queensland’s national parks to generate $2.64 billion in the economy
A University of Queensland new report revealed Queensland’s national parks have a major role in the state’s economy as they generate $2.64 billion in spending annually and support thousands of jobs.
The survey of more than a 1000 tourists conducted between 2018 and 2020 found that a sizable proportion of visitors consider national parks as a really important attraction when planning a holiday.
SaD - 'Saturn Rules The Material World'
SaD are Simona Castricum and Daphne Camf (NO ZU). Together they pay romantic homage to minimal wave through crooning lyricism and danceable lamentations.
‘Saturn Rules The Material World’ is the debut album from Melbourne duo SaD. A dreamy collection of call-and-response arrangements; Camf’s lyrics and vocal delivery paint a landscape of heartache, despair, and longing for self-redemption, offset by moments of resigned acceptance and a sense of surrender to an inescapably painful life path. Castricum’s chorus/reverb drenched guitar leads and pumping big-beat and bass rhythms ground the record as instantly danceable. It features the new single ‘Sign From Above’, as well as their singles ‘The Poets of Antiquity’, ‘Don’t Go’ and a cover of The Triffids’ classic ‘Raining Pleasure’. ‘Saturn Rules The Material World’ is available through BandCamp and streams digitally from September 25 on Trans-Brunswick Express.
Of the album Daphne Says:
“‘Saturn Rules The Material World’ was written relatively quickly and intuitively between Simona and I capturing a reflective period where we both took to the task of doing what artists can always be relied on to do - turning pain into cathartic beauty."
9am Zedlines- October 12th
By 4ZZZ Reporters Chelsea Clark and Estelle Sanchez
Image: Anita Maric/ Flickr
North Korea parades its largest-ever missile
On Saturday, North Korea displayed its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile during a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang.
The size of the missile indicates that it might fly farther and carry a more powerful warhead than the Hwasong-15, its predecessor disclosed in 2017.
Fatal crash in Thailand leaves 20 killed, 40 Injured
A bus delivering passengers to a religious ceremony has collided with a freight train near Bangkok, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 40.
SBS has reported that the collision occurred approximately 50km east of Bangkok, where the bus edged from the road onto the tracks before the impact of the train tipped it onto its side.