Brazilians stage nationwide protests against President Bolsonaro’s COVID response
Rio de Janeiro/BrasiliaReuters Brazilians staged protests against President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in at least 16 cities across the country on Saturday, carrying signs such as “Out with Bolsonaro” and “Impeachment now”. Bolsonaro’s popularity has plummeted during the coronavirus crisis, which has killed more than 460,000 Brazilians as the far-right leader played […]
Pope to hold crisis summit with Lebanon Christian heads
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis, who has promised to visit Lebanon if fractious politicians agree on a new government, said on Sunday he would meet its Christian leaders to discuss the country’s worst crisis since its civil war that ended in 1990. He told pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square for his weekly blessing that […]
Remains of 215 children found at former Indigenous school site in Canada
Toronto, CanadaReuters The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in […]
Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup
Reuters Breathless, fevered and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the new coronavirus patients at a hospital near Myanmar’s border with India highlight the threat to a health system near collapse since February’s coup. To help her tend the seven COVID-19 patients at Cikha hospital, day and night, chief nurse Lun […]
Orphans, soldiers, students: North Korea turns to “volunteers” for coal mines, construction
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Orphans, conscripted soldiers, and students – some appearing to be children – are “volunteering” to work manual labour in North Korea, including in coal mines, farms, and large construction projects, the country’s state media have reported. Hundreds of graduates of orphan schools “volunteered to work in difficult fields”, according to reports by […]
Freedom of expression?: In Abiy’s Ethiopia, press freedom flourished. Then fear returned
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Mayor of Colombia’s Cali reports 13 deaths, says many were possibly protest-related
Bogota, Colombia Reuters At least 13 people died on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali, the epicentre of demonstrations across the country, and many of those deaths may have been linked to protests, Mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina said on Saturday. Friday marked a month of often bloody demonstrations across the country. The government has […]