Eleven dead, 98 injured after train derails in Egypt
Cairo, EgyptReuters Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. People gather at the site where train carriages derailed in Qalioubia province, north of Cairo, Egypt, on 18th April. PICTURE: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The train […]
Pope calls on Russia and Ukraine to seek reconciliation
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday voiced apprehension over a recent Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and called for efforts to ease tensions in the seven year conflict in eastern Ukraine pitting Ukrainian forces against Russia-backed rebels. Ukrainian authorities say cease-fire violations have become more frequent in recent weeks, with nearly 30 […]
Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms he’s retiring
Havana, CubaReuters Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation at its congress that kicked off on Friday, ending six decades of rule by himself and older brother Fidel. In a speech opening the four-day event, Castro, 89, said the new leadership would be party […]
From remote part of India, Myanmar’s ousted lawmakers work on challenging junta
Reuters In a spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom conference calls and tapping away messages on his smartphone. The short, soft-spoken man is among roughly a dozen ousted Myanmar MPs who have fled across the […]
US study finds multi-racial Methodist churches draw and keep more people than their white counterparts
RNS Pastor Talbot Davis routinely knocks on doors in the neighbourhoods around his Good Shepherd Church, offering to pray a blessing over a new home or a new homeowner. Over time, he realised his congregation did not reflect the growing diversity of the neighbourhood. So about 20 years ago, he set about transforming his church, […]
Haiti: Surge in violence rattles Caribbean nation as poverty, fear deepens
EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO, of Associated Press, report from Haiti where an incident in which a pastor and three parishioners were kidnapped during a livestreamed Easter service is just one of the latest in an escalating trend for violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation…