- Associated Press
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java Island, felt in Jakarta
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or significant property damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 102 kilometers (63 miles) south of Banjar city at a depth of 68.3 kilometers (42.4 miles). High-rises in the capital Jakarta swayed for around a minute and two-story homes shook strongly in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung and in Jakarta’s satellite cities of Depok, Tangerang, Bogor and Bekasi.
- The Telegraph
Beaten Luton look a Championship side again despite thrilling Premier League journey
“I believe we’ve got enough to stay up,” contended Luton Town manager Rob Edwards after his team’s listless defeat to a Wolverhampton Wanderers with nothing to play for, who had not won in six games. “And so do the players.”
- Reuters
Rocked by spy scandal, Germany's far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch
Buffeted by sliding poll ratings and reeling from allegations that it had harboured a Chinese spy in its ranks, Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany sought to recover lost momentum at the Saturday launch of its campaign for June's European Parliament elections. Support for the AfD, which at the start of the year was vying with the conservatives to top opinion polls in Germany, was ebbing even before the arrest this week of an assistant to its lead candidate Maximilian Krah on espionage charges. That followed media reports that Czech security had evidence that Petr Bystron, second-placed on the party's list, had taken money from a website with links to the Kremlin.
