Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters The parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern region of Tigray on Friday appealed for help to evacuate them after the main university warned it could not feed them for much longer amid food and cash shortages. Mekelle University, which gets its budget from the Federal Government, posted […]
Pope to skip Sunday Mass but will make regular noon address – Vatican
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis will skip a Mass on Sunday that he had been scheduled to say before his recent surgery, but the Vatican said there was no cause for alarm and that it was part of normal convalescence. Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from a balcony of the Gemelli hospital, as he recovers […]
Many migrant workers stranded in Chinese cities hit by floods
Zhengzhou, ChinaReuters For many migrant workers caught up in severe flooding in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, crossing town to stay with relatives in less affected areas or returning to their homes in the countryside are not posssible. They must stay put, tied to livelihoods in inundated parts of the city and living too […]
Updated: Heavy rain in India triggers floods, landslides; at least 125 dead
Updated: 9am, 25th July, 2021 Mumbai/New Delhi IndiaReuters Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon rain rose to 125. Maharashtra state is being hit by the heaviest rain in July in four […]
Tokyo Olympics: Faith events look different as COVID spikes – here’s how
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, report on faith outreach initiatives at the Tokyo Olympics…
Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti President
Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated President Jovenel Moise on Friday as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level US delegation to leave abruptly and other dignitaries to duck into vehicles for safety. The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster […]
More than 71 per cent of Lebanon’s population risks losing access to safe water – UNICEF
Beirut, LebanonReuters The United Nations warned on Friday that more than four million people in Lebanon, including one million refugees risked losing access to safe water as shortages of funding, fuel and supplies affect water pumping. “UNICEF estimates that most water pumping will gradually cease across the country in the next four to six weeks,” […]
Superstar Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Olympic Games open
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan’s global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity. Postponed by a year due to the coronavirus, the Games are being held without […]