Briefly

UNITED STATES

Lifting of ban on journalists sought

An association representing hundreds of journalists who cover the White House demanded on Saturday the restoration of access for banned colleagues, calling the removal unconstitutional. "Today's action revoking access for journalists from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW violates the First Amendment," the White House Correspondents' Association said, urging the US administration "to immediately restore our colleagues' access". The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from the three media organizations, following US President Donald Trump's announcement. All three news outlets separately said their teams' press passes were confiscated on Saturday morning when their journalists went to the White House.

AUSTRALIA

Child dead, 3 critical in stabbing attack

A child has died and two other children and a woman have been hospitalized with critical injuries after a stabbing west of Sydney on Sunday. Police said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of three children and a woman suffering from stab wounds in a vehicle in the small town of Valley Heights, 60 kilometers west of central Sydney, around 12:45 pm on Sunday. Members of the public performed first aid before the arrival of ambulance paramedics, but one of the children died at the scene. The other two children and the woman were all taken to hospital in critical condition.

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