Lebanon leaders name favourite for PM before Macron’s visit
Beirut, LebanonAP Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany appeared slated to become the crisis-stricken country’s next prime minister after getting the support of senior Sunni politicians on Sunday. Mustapha Adib was named by four former prime ministers on the eve of binding consultations between the president and parliamentary blocs on their choice for the post. In this […]
Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million – Reuters tally
Reuters Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed steady global growth as the disease’s epicentre shifts again, with India taking centre stage from the United States and Latin America. India’s single-day […]
Britain honours World War II spy heroine of Indian descent
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A Muslim woman of Indian descent who spied for Britain during World War II was honoured on Friday with a plaque marking her former home in London, more than 75 years after she was executed in Germany. Noor Inayat Khan is the first woman of Indian origin to be given a […]
New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone
London, UK/Brussels, Belgium/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization will this week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID-19 vaccines for all. But the agency has already had to scale back its ambition. Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from German biotechnology company CureVac to a […]
Anti-racism protesters rally in Kenosha, watched by National Guard reinforcements
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USReuters About 1,000 people joined a mile-long march in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon, chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice, No Peace” as National Guard units stood by to prevent a resurgence of violence that rocked the lakeside city earlier in the week. Jacob Blake, Sr, the father of the 29-year-old Black […]
China clampdown: Hong Kong issues warrant for Samuel Chu, an American citizen, activist and pastor’s son
KEVIN DOUGLAS GRANT, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the case of Samuel Chu…
Thousands protest in Mauritius over dead dolphins, demand resignations
Addis Ababa. EthiopiaReuters Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday to demand an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese ship and the mysterious death of at least 40 dolphins that have been found near the site of the spill. Environmentalists have called for an investigation into whether the […]