Turkey cannot take new refugee burden, foreign minister says
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkey cannot take the burden of a new migrant wave from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday after talks with his German counterpart, as concerns about a new migrant wave remain after the Taliban’s taking of power. The events in Afghanistan have fuelled worries in the European Union of a repeat […]
US strikes at Islamic State militants in Kabul; Pope calls for prayer
Reuters A US drone strike on Sunday hit a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack Kabul airport as US forces worked to complete a withdrawal that will end two decades of military involvement in Afghanistan, US officials said. The strike was the second by the US military since an Islamic State […]
Germany: Survivors, leaders remember victims of July floods
Berlin, Germany AP More than a month after extreme flooding killed more than 180 people in western Germany, survivors of the disaster, first responders, religious leaders and government officials came together Saturday to remember the victims who died and to express hope for the future. Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag President Wolfgang […]
Pope replaces Australian bishop in alleged misconduct probe
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Saturday replaced an Australian bishop who stepped down amid a Vatican investigation into what Australian media have described as allegations of sexual misconduct. The Vatican said Francis accepted Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders’ resignation as head of the Broome diocese in western Australia. Francis appointed another prelate, Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey […]
Wrap up cool: Blankets help stave off glacier melt on Swiss ski pistes
Mount Titlis/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters In one of Switzerland’s most popular Alpine destinations, resort staff have been working over the summer months to limit the impact of warming global temperatures on its glacial slopes – by blanketing the ice to block the sun. The 3,238-metre Mount Titlis has seen large swathes of ice disappear from its glacier […]
Hundreds of migrants depart southern Mexico in caravan to protest slow asylum process
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula en masse on Saturday in a caravan headed to the Mexican capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings. The group of approximately 500 people included families with young children from Haiti, […]
The Long Read: The children who run away to work – Ethiopia’s hidden weavers
EMELINE WUILBERCQ and YARED TSEGAYE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the ongoing issue of child labour in Ethiopia’s weaving industry…
US starts troop withdrawal from Kabul; hits Islamic State with drone attack
Reuters President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as US troops began their withdrawal from Kabul airport after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to evacuate citizens and at-risk Afghans. As Washington neared the end of its military involvement in the country with the Taliban militants it […]