Pope chats with homeless getting free COVID-19 vaccines from Vatican
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis visited homeless and needy people getting free COVID-19 vaccines from his Vatican charity on Friday as he celebrated his name day, the feast of St George. About 600 of the 1,400 people who received a first dose several weeks ago got their second shot on Friday. Pope Francis visits a vaccination […]
At least 130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean as capsized boat, bodies found
Milan, ItalyReuters Merchant vessels and a charity ship searching the Mediterranean for boats carrying migrants has found 10 bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat believed to have had 130 people on board, French humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee said. Another wooden boat was still missing with about 40 migrants aboard, a spokesman for the group […]
UK parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang; Beijing condemns move
London, UKReuters Britain’s parliament called on Wednesday for the government to take action to end what lawmakers described as genocide in China’s Xinjiang region, stepping up pressure on ministers to go further in their criticism of Beijing. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government again steered clear of declaring genocide over what it says are “industrial-scale” […]
2020 was Europe’s hottest year as Arctic wildfires raged – EU scientists
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Europe experienced its hottest year on record last year, while the Arctic suffered a summer of extreme wildfires partly due to low snow cover as climate change impacts intensified, the European Union’s observation service said on Thursday. As world leaders prepared to brandish their plans to fight climate change at a US-led summit […]
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Africa’s children need to get back to school to avoid “lost generation”
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation From free school meals to decent work for adults, African officials are working to bring child labourers who dropped out of school due to COVID-19 back into the classroom to avoid a lost generation and meet a pledge to end child labour by 2025. With school closures, income losses, deepening […]
“Pervasive racism” meant UK’s Black and Asian troops not commemorated: report
London, UKReuters As many as 350,000 Black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for Britain might not have been properly commemorated because of “pervasive racism”, a report concluded on Thursday. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission issued an apology after an inquiry it commissioned found hundreds of thousands of mostly African and Middle Eastern casualties […]
UN Security Council, for first time, declares concern about Ethiopia’s Tigray
New York, USReuters The UN Security Council expressed concern on Thursday about the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, particularly abuse of women and girls, a week after the UN aid chief said sexual violence was being used as a weapon of war. It was the first public statement by the 15-member council, which has […]
An uphill battle: Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge
EDWARD MCALLISTER, of Reuters, reports on the outlook for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa…