Sunday

June 19, 2016

Arts and culture

Pan-Orthodox Council

A gathering of Eastern Orthodox Churches, the first of its kind in a millennium, opens on the Greek island of Crete. However, the Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch refused to attend after a dispute. The gathering will last until June 27. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Heavy rain in Central Java has caused landslides and flooding with 24 people dead and at least 26 missing in the Indonesian province. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

At least 14 people, mostly children, are killed in a storm that struck Lake Syamozero in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Those killed were among 49 people who went rafting on the lake late at night before a storm capsized their boats. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)