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Myanmar marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons

Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show of force in the capital, days after increasing democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term to 33 years.

Bangkok Post

Titanic at 25: how James Cameron captured 1990s anxieties with pure golden-age Hollywood style

Titanic (1997) arrived as disaster films were experiencing a comeback. Compared to the apocalypses visited on the world in Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1997) or Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), sinking a single ship may seem like small fry.

The Conversation

Tanzania scraps independence celebration, diverts funds to kids

President Samia Suluhu Hassan redirected this year’s budget to building dormitories for children with special needs.

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Thousands join nationalist march on Polish Independence Day

Thousands of people in Warsaw have joined a yearly Independence Day march that is organized by Polish nationalist groups and has has been marked by violence in past years

The Independent UK

Far-right Independence Day march draws thousands in Poland

Thousands of people gathered in Warsaw on Friday for an annual march organised by Poland's far-right to mark Independence Day, with a handful carrying white supremacist or anti-gay banners and firing off red flares.

Reuters

On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a book on stamps, coins of him from around the world

Every coin and stamp issued in India and globally on Gandhi portrays a significant historical journey, starting from the first stamp on Gandhi on India’s first Independence Day in 1948

The Hindu

Mexico nuns’ culinary innovations live on in storied cuisine

Chiles en nogada, the green, white and red stuffed pepper dish synonymous with Mexico's Independence Day celebrations, were invented in 1821 by a cloistered nun whose name has been lost to history

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Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter, his father, gun dealers

CHICAGO — Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed multiple lawsuits naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the northern…

Chicago Tribune

Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter and his father

Chicago Tribune

RUSA Independence Day Quiz prize-winners announced

RUSA website launched, will host information for colleges and universities

The Hindu

8-year-old Illinois boy returns home after devastating July 4 mass shooting at parade

CHICAGO — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts has returned to his home after being shot during the Independence Day parade in Highland Park, his family said Thursday.

Chicago Tribune

Mali marks independence day amid tensions, uncertainty

Mali is marking its Independence Day celebrations with a military parade featuring fighter planes

The Independent UK

Shivamogga terror suspects: Police learnt of their activities during probe into Independence Day clash

Police searched the residence of one of the arrested persons at Siddeshwara Nagar in Shivamogga on September 20 evening. Later, the team searched the bank of Tunga river near his house

The Hindu

Mexico City's bells ring for Independence Day, in a massive celebration

"Viva México!" President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shouted repeatedly — calls that were loudly echoed by the massive crowd that packed Mexico City's Zócalo square.

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The Independent UK

Mexican Independence Day 2022: What is the history of the day and how is it celebrated?

Several countries in Central and South America mark independence days during Hispanic Heritage Month

The Independent UK

Mexican Independence Day 2022: The history of the day and how is it celebrated?

Several countries in Central and South America mark independence days during Hispanic Heritage Month

Reuters

Supporters of Brazil's Bolsonaro gather for military parades, political rallies

Thousands of supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gathered early on Wednesday to join the far-right leader at rallies mixing Independence Day military displays with political demonstrations less than a month before a heated election.

Los Angeles Times

Hindu nationalism in India ratchets up tensions among immigrants in the US

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In a park in Anaheim last month, hundreds gathered to celebrate Indian Independence Day.

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Analysis-Bolsonaro calls rallies to flex muscle on Brazil's bicentennial

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is calling supporters to attend street rallies alongside Independence Day military parades on Wednesday, a showing that may gauge support for the far-right leader's attacks on democratic institutions ahead of an October election.

The Independent UK

Missing military vets' families meet with Ukraine officials

The families of two military veterans from Alabama who are missing in Ukraine this week met virtually with federal government officials and Ukraine’s ambassador, Oksana Markarova, and participated in two Ukrainian-American events to observe that country’s Independence Day

Wales Online

'We have to win, we have no choice': Bittersweet emotions as Ukrainians mark their country's Independence Day

Behind the many smiles is a tale of upheaval and sorrow

The Independent UK

Death toll from train station attack in Ukraine rises to 25

A Ukrainian official says the death toll from a Russian rocket attack on Ukraine's Independence Day has risen to 25

France 24

Power line to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant restored after brief cut

The last regular power line supplying electricity to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was restored on Thursday after a temporary cut, the UN nuclear watchdog said, citing Ukrainian authorities. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Reuters

Zelenskiy says crisis averted as Russian-held Ukraine nuclear plant regains power

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster on Thursday as the last regular line supplying electricity to Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was restored hours after being cut.

Wales Online

Reports of 22 dead in Independence Day rocket attack on rail station in Ukraine

The attack came following President Zelensky's warning that Russia was planning 'something particularly cruel' this week

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