- Australia-Ukraine security pact stalls: Delays in finalizing a bilateral security agreement are hampering Australia’s access to Ukraine’s battlefield-tested drone and advanced technology expertise, with critics warning the country risks “fighting with one hand behind its back.”
- Air India crash anniversary: One year after a deadly Air India crash, families of victims gathered in Gujarat to demand answers and accountability, lamenting the absence of any statement from the Prime Minister or state Chief Minister.
- Polytechnique graduation protest: Students at France’s prestigious École Polytechnique disrupted their own graduation ceremony, denouncing what they called the institution’s complicity with corporations “whose activities destroy the living world or fuel the logic of war.”
- Pakistan’s budget battle: PTI, Pakistan’s main opposition party, rejected the government’s Rs18.8 trillion budget for FY2026-27, calling it “a refined exercise in elite self-preservation.”
- Brazilian football legend Brito dies: Brazil mourns defender Hércules Brito, an indispensable member of the legendary 1970 World Cup-winning squad who played alongside Pelé in Mexico’s Azteca Stadium.
Walter Murrow
June 12, 2026
