Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 7

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts. This video shows a man trying to save his mowers from the flooding.

Rally in Tokyo's Shibuya against Israel's assault on Gaza

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Hundreds of people, including Palestinian living in Japan, join a rally in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station on Nov. 10, 2023, against Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. (Kyodo)

U.S. House panel investigating Capitol riot makes criminal referrals

STORY: U.S. House panel investigating Capitol riot makes criminal referrals DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House Select Committee holding final meeting 2. various of the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021 (file) STORYLINE: The U.S. House select committee investigating the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, made criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday afternoon. The committee accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement, and obstruction of an official proceeding. The criminal referrals are not legally binding, and it is up to the DOJ to decide whether to pursue charges, according to U.S. legal analysts. The DOJ is running its own probe into the Capitol riot, in which Trump supporters disrupted a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, to certify the 2020 presidential election results. A Republic