Joy as parents reunited with kidnapped Nigerian students
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Ninety children abducted from a school in Nigeria were reunited on Friday with their parents after being held captive for nearly three months, part of a wave of mass kidnappings by armed gangs that have spread fear across the north of the country. “Today is the happiest and most joyful day for […]
Greenland expedition discover “world’s northernmost island”
Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Scientists last month set foot on a tiny island off the coast of Greenland which they say is the world’s northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice. The discovery comes as a battle is looming among Arctic nations the United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway for control of […]
Fourteen disabled children flee Afghanistan with the help of Catholic priest and nuns
Vatican CityRNS As tensions rise in Afghanistan following the takeover by Taliban forces in mid-August that threatens the small Christian community in the country, a Catholic priest managed to flee with a group of disabled children and nuns on Wednesday. “We thank the Lord for the success of the operation” Father Giovanni Scalese, 66, a Barnabite […]
Modi hails India’s 10 million COVID vaccine doses in a single day
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India administered more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, a national record that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as a “momentous feat” for the country ahead of fears of another surge in infections. India has now administered about 628 million vaccine doses in total, giving at least one dose to […]
US strikes Islamic State in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul attack
Washington DC, USReuters The United States launched a drone strike against an Islamic State attack planner in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the military said, a day after a suicide bombing at Kabul airport killed 13 US troops and scores of Afghan civilians. US service members assist at an Evacuation Control Check Point during an evacuation […]
Luxury to essential: Latin America boosts internet access in pandemic
ANASTASIA MOLONEY and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the pandemic exposed a deep digital divide across Latin America and the Caribbean – and what is being done to address it…
Up to 48 missing after boat capsizes off coast of Senegal, says army
Dakar, SenegalReuters Up to 48 people were missing on Friday after a boat carrying around 60 people capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, the Senegalese army said in a statement. Navy vessels rescued 11 passengers and retrieved one body from the waters after receiving an alert that a boat had overturned 35 kilometres from […]
UN chief says social fabric of Ethiopia being torn apart
United NationsReuters UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council on Thursday that a conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the northern Tigray region and “a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes”. Ethiopia has been embroiled in a conflict that flared nine months ago in Tigray and which has spread to other areas. The […]
US on alert for further Kabul attacks in race to complete evacuations
Reuters US forces helping evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bombing outside Kabul airport killed at least 92 people, including 13 US service members. The White House said the next few days of an ongoing US evacuation operation that the Pentagon […]