More needed: G7 nations agree to boost climate finance
Carbis Bay, UKReuters G7 leaders agreed on Sunday to raise their contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $US100 billion a year by rich countries to help poorer countries cut carbon emissions and cope with global warming, but only two nations offered firm promises of more cash. Alongside plans billed as helping speed infrastructure […]
Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s Prime Minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined. But the razor-thin 60 to 59 vote of confidence in a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties […]
Colombia ex-President asks forgiveness for army’s extrajudicial killings
Bogota, ColombiaReuters In public testimony to Colombia’s truth commission on Friday, former President Juan Manuel Santos asked for forgiveness for extrajudicial killings of thousands of people committed by the country’s armed forces partly during his time as defence minister. Santos, who in 2016 signed the peace deal which created the commission, testified about the so-called […]
Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican took steps Friday to better regulate Catholic lay religious movements by imposing term limits on their leaders and requiring internal elections to be representative of their memberships. The Vatican’s laity office cracked down on the largely unregulated world of international associations of the faithful after some cases of abuses of authority […]
Indian medical workers scale mountains to bring vaccines to remote corners
Lidderwat, India Reuters As India rushes to vaccinate its people against the coronavirus, medical workers often have to trek to perilous heights and across treacherous terrain to reach those in remote areas. In the northern region of Lidderwat, more than 100 kilometres from the capital of India-administered Kashmir, medical teams have had to trek more […]
The Long Read: UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray
In a Reuters exclusive, KATHARINE HOURELD and GIULIA PARAVICINI report on the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region…