World Today returns with a selection of news from around the world in\nthe last 24 hours. The main report for the Wednesday edition, 4 March\n2026, comes from Australia.<\/p>\n
Blood Moon sighting in Australia<\/p>\n
Astronomers crowded out last night (03\/03) to witness the Moon tinted\nred-orange in what would be their final opportunity to observe a total\nlunar eclipse for almost three years.<\/p>\n
Perth and southern Western Australia were among the best places in\nAustralia to view the blood moon.<\/p>\n
The eclipse lasted for about an hour starting at 7 p.m. local time in\nWestern Australia, turning the Moon from its usual neutral colour to a\nwarm red-orange.<\/p>\n
According to astrophysicist Graham Jones, the event marks the end of\na sequence of lunar eclipses, and a turning point towards more solar\neclipses in the years ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are seeing a pattern in eclipses where over a number of years we\nhave a run of large, very good lunar eclipses, and then the balance\nshifts to several years of very good solar eclipses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Israel continues to bombard Iran\u2019<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue to\nbombard Iran.<\/p>\n
He also pledged to strike the militant group Hizbollah in Lebanon\nwith increasing force as the Middle East conflict rages for the fourth\nday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to strike Iran with full force. Our pilots are in\nthe skies over Iran and Tehran, and also over Lebanon,\u201d Netanyahu\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\u201cHizbollah has made a grave mistake in attacking us. We have\nresponded firmly, and we will respond with even greater force.\u201d<\/p>\n
Children in Afghanistan are malnourished<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of children in Afghanistan are acutely\nmalnourished this year amid a hunger crisis worsened by cuts to foreign\naid and violence on the border with Pakistan, according to a United\nNations official.<\/p>\n
International aid to Afghanistan has fallen sharply since 2021, when\nU.S.-led forces left the country and the Taliban returned to power.<\/p>\n
The crisis has been exacerbated by natural disasters, including\nearthquakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAcute malnutrition among children has surged,\u201d said the World Food\nProgramme\u2019s Afghanistan Director, John Aylieff.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year we saw the highest surge on record in Afghanistan, and\nthis year, 3.7 million children will require treatment for\nmalnutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father of mass shooting suspect charged for gifting rifle to his\nson<\/p>\n
The man who gave his son a rifle as a Christmas gift was found guilty\non 27 counts, including second-degree murder.<\/p>\n
The weapon is believed to have been used by his son to kill four\npeople at a high school in Georgia, United States.<\/p>\n
Jurors took less than two hours to convict 55-year-old Colin Gray\nafter an 11-day trial.<\/p>\n
Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in the town of\nWinder were killed in September 2024.<\/p>\n
His son faces a separate trial on 55 counts, including murder, and\nhas pleaded not guilty, though the fact that he was the shooter is not\nin dispute.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/world-today-the-total-lunar-eclipse-lights-up-the-australian-sky-1772622207", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }