Haiti’s streets slowly return to life as gangs ease fuel blockade
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian businesses began opening their doors and activities were resuming on the country’s streets as the G9 gang coalition eased a blockade on fuel deliveries that caused crippling shortages for nearly a month. The G9 gang federation that controls key parts of western Port-au-Prince over the weekend allowed trucks to access the Varreux […]
Sight-Seeing: Stuck in Shittim
RICHARD KINGSLEY THOMAS reflects on being stuck in a bad place…
EU agrees new sanctions on Belarus, airlines over border crisis
Brussels, Belgium/Warsaw, Poland/Moscow, RussiaReuters The European Union agreed on Monday to step up sanctions against Belarus, which denounced as “absurd” Western accusations that it was driving a migrant crisis that has left thousands of people stranded in freezing forests on its borders with the EU. The Western bloc is seeking to stop what it says […]
US journalist freed in Myanmar, says he was not beaten or starved
Doha, QatarReuters American journalist Danny Fenster said he was healthy and happy to be going home after he was freed from prison in Myanmar and flew to Qatar on Monday, following negotiations between former US diplomat Bill Richardson and the ruling military junta. Fenster, 37, the managing editor of independent online magazine Frontier Myanmar, looked […]
UK raises threat level after Liverpool taxi blast
Liverpool, UKReuters Britain raised its national threat level on Monday to severe, meaning an attack is seen as highly likely, after declaring that a taxi explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday was a terrorist incident. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the blast in the northern English city was the second fatal incident in […]
Cuban Americans rally in Miami while protest plans fizzle in Havana
Miami, US/Havana, CubaReuters Cuban Americans in Miami held rallies and led prayers to support dissidents on the Communist-run Caribbean island whose planned protests on Sunday largely fizzled under pressure from authorities and government supporters. Dissidents in Cuba have for months been preparing a “Civic March for Change” in support of civil and human rights following […]
Locusts join larvae on EU’s list of approved food
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Locusts were added to the European Union’s list of approved food on Friday as part of the bloc’s push towards more sustainable farming and diets. It was the second time Brussels had said an insect was safe for humans to eat after the dried yellow mealworm larvae of beetle tenebrio molitor was authorised […]
US to partner with Israel to combat ransomware attacks
Reuters The US Treasury Department said on Sunday it will partner with Israel to combat ransomware, with the two countries launching a joint task force to address cybersecurity. The task force will develop a memorandum of understanding supporting information sharing related to the financial sector, including cybersecurity regulations and threat intelligence, the Treasury Department said. […]
US military hid airstrikes that killed dozens of civilians in Syria – NYT
Washington DC, USReuters The US military covered up 2019 airstrikes in Syria that killed up to 64 women and children, a possible war crime, during the battle against Islamic State, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The two back-to-back airstrikes near the town of Baghuz were ordered by a classified American special operations unit […]
From ‘cow banks’ to ‘secret believers’: Christian and other charities launch Christmas 2021 gift catalogues
PETA MCCARTNEY takes a look at how your Christmas giving can impact the wider world in a positive way this year…