Five girls rescued after Nigeria’s latest mass kidnapping, police say
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters Five girls who were among 73 children kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, police in Zamfara State said on Thursday, although other sources gave different details in the aftermath of the mass abduction. Wednesday’s attack on a secondary school in the village of Kaya was the latest in a […]
Struggling Japan PM Suga steps down, setting stage for new leader
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support. Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September, citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink […]
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Updated: New Zealand police kill “extremist” who stabbed six in supermarket
Updated 5pm (AEST)Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a “violent extremist” who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket. The attacker, a Sri Lankan national who had been in New Zealand for 10 years, was inspired […]
In the US, Republican-led states see Texas law as model to restrict abortions
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US AP Republican states that have passed increasingly tough abortion restrictions only to see them blocked by the federal courts have a new template in an unusually written Texas law that represents the most far-reaching curb on abortions in nearly half a century. On Thursday, Republican lawmakers in at least half […]
UK Government plans new pet abduction offence after rise in thefts
London, UKReuters The British Government said on Friday it was planning to make pet abduction a criminal offence in England after a rise in the theft of animals, especially dogs, during the COVID-19 pandemic. With pet ownership surging during coronavirus lockdowns as people spent more time at home, the price of some dog breeds soared […]
‘Being the Bad Guys’ wins Australian Christian Book of the Year
Western Australian pastor Stephen McAlpine’s book, Being the Bad Guys, has won the Australian Christian Book of the Year for 2021. McAlpine’s book, which is subtitled How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn’t, beat a shortlist featuring nine other books to win the award. Others on the shortlist include Graeme […]
Guns, drugs, jobs: In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots
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“They told us they hate Africans”: Hundreds detained, deported from Abu Dhabi
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Kabirat Olokunde, a Nigerian migrant worker, planned to spend her birthday with friends in the city of Abu Dhabi. Instead, she turned 28 in a frigid prison cell, one of about 700 Africans imprisoned by Emirati authorities without charge. In unparalleled mass arrests, the workers were jailed with “no legal justification” […]