“Nobody is not afraid”: Chernobyl pilot recalls his fear 33 years ago
Chernobyl, UkraineReuters More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, Mykola Volkozub recalls how he feared for his life. Now 87, the Ukrainian military pilot returned to Chernobyl last month for the first time since […]
US Democratic presidential hopefuls talk prayer and politics at black church forum
RNS Three Democratic presidential hopefuls fielded questions from black church leaders on Friday, bouncing between politics and prayer as they vied for support from an audience of about 5,000 black millennials. Former US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker all spoke to the group, […]
BATTLE OF CARTHAGE: TUNISIA DEMOLISHES HOMES TO PROTECT ANCIENT SITE
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from north Africa…
Imperilled by climate change, Pacific nations chide Australia
Funafuti, TuvaluReuters Small Pacific islands nations at risk from rising sea levels lambasted Australia on Friday after it blocked moves at a regional forum to set down tough policies to combat climate change. Leaders of 18 countries in the Pacific Islands Forum concluded their meeting in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Thursday with a […]
Ebola spread to new Congo area shows flawed response – aid workers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ebola’s spread to a new part of Democratic Republic of Congo is a disturbing sign that health workers are failing to keep track of high-risk people on the move, aid agencies said on Friday. A woman and her child were confirmed to be the first two Ebola cases in Congo’s South […]