AIDS Institute founder to get Spirit of Justice Award

July 18, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

BOSTON

The founder and president of the Black AIDS Institute will receive the GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders’ 2016 Spirit of Justice Award.

Phill Wilson was an early voice on HIV in the black community. His activism began when he and his partner were diagnosed with HIV in the early 1980s. He became the AIDS coordinator for the city of Los Angeles.

Wilson also has been involved in national and international research efforts, coordinating the International Community Treatment and Science Workshop at five International AIDS Conferences.

Wilson will accept the award at the 17th Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner at the Boston Marriott Copley Place on Oct. 28.

The Black AIDS Institute, based in Los Angeles, is the only national HIV and AIDS think tank focused exclusively on black people.

UK Parliament to vote on renewing nuclear arsenal

LONDON

British lawmakers are due to vote on whether to replace the country’s fleet of nuclear-armed submarines, a powerful but expensive symbol of the country’s military status.

The Conservative government is determined to maintain Britain’s nuclear deterrent, which consists of four Royal Navy submarines armed with Trident missiles. It says replacing the aging submarines with new ones will cost up to $54 billion.

Prime Minister Theresa May says it would be reckless to abandon the country’s “ultimate safeguard.”

Lawmakers are likely to back renewal Monday, despite opposition from the Scottish National Party and some Labour Party members.

Nuclear disarmament has been a lifelong cause for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, but many of his lawmakers will probably vote to keep the submarines to protect thousands of unionized defense jobs.

Emergency landing closes runway

TOKYO

A runway has been closed at one of Tokyo’s main airports after a Hawaiian Airlines jet punctured its tires while making an emergency landing.

Japanese media report that eight tires blew out when the Airbus A330 returned to Haneda Airport early today after a display indicated a problem in the hydraulic system. They say that none of the 293 passengers and crew on board was injured.

Japan Airlines canceled some domestic flights, and warned of the possibility of other flight disruptions. Haneda Airport said that international flights have not been affected.

Former Australian leader eyes UN post

CANBERRA, Australia

An official says former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has asked the Australian government to nominate him for the United Nations top job.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Sky News TV on Monday that Rudd wants the government’s endorsement to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose second five-year term ends on Dec. 31.

She says that decision will be made by Australia’s next cabinet, which will be named today after July 2 elections.

Rudd is the New York-based president of the Asia Society Policy Institute. The 58-year-old was elected prime minister in 2007 but was dumped by his own center-left Labor Party in 2010. He was dubbed Recycled Rudd when he regained the control of the chaotic and divided government weeks before it lost elections in 2013.

Associated Press