Pope proclaims year of families, offers advice to keep peace
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed an upcoming year dedicated to the family as he doubled down on one of his papal priorities and urged renewed attention to his controversial 2016 document on family life. Francis announced the upcoming year on the family would begin on 19th March, the fifth anniversary of his document […]
US authorises Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, elderly next in line for shots
New York City, US Reuters Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the […]
Sculpture honours first Black president of an American college
Rutland, Vermont, USAP The first Black president of an American college is being honoured with a sculpture installed in the Vermont city where he was born in 1826. The larger-than-life marble bust of Martin Henry Freeman, a scholar, sits on a stack of books in a downtown square as part of the Rutland Sculpture Trail. […]
A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars
Cairo, EgyptAP Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry. For the first time in its history, Sudan has a submission for the Academy Awards. Produced by a consortium of European and Egyptian […]
Asian migrant workers locked up, dumped as coronavirus curbs ease
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Migrant workers in Asia are being locked up and abandoned by employers even as countries ease coronavirus curbs, say human rights groups, which are calling for better housing and changes to visa laws. The warning came after more than a dozen workers from Myanmar were dumped by the roadside in Thailand […]
In the aftermath of conflict: In a northern town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power
SAMYA KULLAB, of Associated Press, report from Sinjar in northern Iraq…