If there is anything that should be in a day log, it's whats going on in the world. So for now on, I'll be keeping the top headlines from around the world here. I've added Panapress news service today, and their headlines are really interesting. Plus China daily is interesting as usual. If there are any sources I'm not using that you recommend, please /msg me.
Without further ado, here is today's top news from around the world:
The BBC's Top Headlines:
The New York Times' Top Headlines
- Pope Prays for Peace at City Destroyed by Israel
Pope John Paul II prayed for peace at the Golan Heights today in a city that was captured by Israel in the Arab-Israeli war in 1967 and destroyed just before being returned in 1974.
- Most Cities in U.S. Expanded Rapidly Over Last Decade
Census figures show that the nation's largest cities grew nearly twice as fast in the 1990's as in the 1980's, with three out of every four urban centers gaining population.
- Pope, in Damascus, Reaches Out for Unity With Mosque Visit
John Paul II became the first pope ever to set foot in a mosque, making a bold bid to cut through centuries of divisions.
- News Analysis: To European Eyes, It's America the Ugly
President Bush's apparent insensitivity to European concerns on a broad range of issues has clearly opened the way for a season of America bashing.
- Spanish Politician Killed; Basque Group Suspected
One week before voters elect a Basque government, a regional leader from Spain's ruling party was shot dead in an attack blamed on the separatist group E.T.A.
China Daily (Chinese Government) Top Headlines
- China a top topic at global forum
China's high-tech innovations, business opportunities in less-developed western regions and economic growth after its entry into the World Trado Organization (WTO) will be of central interest at the high-profile annual Fortune Global Forum, to be held in Hong Kong this week.
- Japan PM vows to strengthen ties with China, Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi held out an olive branch to China in his debut parliamentary speech on Monday, but mostly skirted around the tricky diplomatic issues facing his new administration.
- "Keep away from Falun Gong," says practitioner
Believing in Li Hongzhi's Falun Gong will result in self-extermination and people should keep away from it, said Shao Jun, a former Falun Gong practitioner.
- US-China relations "not business as usual"
US national security advisor Condoleezza Rice said Sunday relations with China were "not business as usual" and defended Washington's review of its contacts with Beijing following the recent standoff over the collision of a US spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet.
Panapress (African) Top Headlines
- Burkinabe Foreign minister visits Morocco
Rabat, Morocco - Burkinabe Foreign Affairs minister Youssef Ouedraogo is in Rabat on a two-day official visit to Morocco
- Lusaka City bosses haunted by garbage, money and time
Lusaka, Zambia - Lusaka city council authorities are increasingly growing jittery over their inability to secure land on which to dump the mountains of garbage as the July date for hosting the OAU summit gets closer.
- Report alleges plan to dump toxic waste in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria - A report on toxic wastes trade and dumping episodes has revealed alleged plans by the US and some European countries to dump 29 million tonnes of toxic wastes in 11 African countries, the local press said in Lagos, Nigeria Monday.
- Technicians quit SAA for overseas airlines
Johannesburg, South Africa - Forty technicians working for South African Airways have left the carrier in the last 12 months to take up jobs overseas.
- Kenya hosts Great Lakes region AIDS workshop
Nairobi, Kenya - Governments within the Great Lakes region have been urged to harmonise their programmes to target migratory populations in order to forestall the widespread scare of HIV/AIDS infection in the area.
- Media under fire for campaign against Mbeki
Cape Town, South Africa - A group of prominent black business leaders has slammed South Africa's predominantly white- owned media for promoting a white right-wing campaign against President Thabo Mbeki.
- Media experts slam Swaziland for seizing publication
Windhoek, Namibia, - More than 200 African and media experts from other non-African countries attending the 10th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration in Namibia, have slammed the Swaziland government for confiscating copies of the 4 May edition of the local Guardian newspaper.
- Over 20,000 refugees face starvation in Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia - More than 20,000 refugees at the Osire Refugee Camp in Namibia are facing starvation, the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Namibia has confirmed.
- Mauritius students to learn drug abuse prevention
Port Louis, Mauritius - The Mauritius education ministry would next year introduce drug prevention in the curriculum of primary schools throughout the country, official sources have said.
- South African ruling party moves to end in-fighting
Johannesburg, South Africa - South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, which has been dogged by in-fighting, has dissolved its Northern province executive committee and appointed a convenor to oversee its functions in a bid to cool off tension.
- Opposition party calls for security minister to quit
Johannesburg, South Africa - The opposition Freedom Front party has demanded the immediate resignation of the country's Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete for what it said was the ""extremely poor handling"" of the alleged plot to oust President Thabo Mbeki from power.
- Government courts controversy over Burkina Faso beans
Lagos, Nigeria - The Nigerian government is facing scathing criticism over its plan to import beans from Burkina Faso, and seems confused on how to handle the controversy generated by the issue.