Two in hospital after police fire on Dutch COVID-19 protesters
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Two people were being treated in hospital in Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when Dutch police fired shots during a violent protest against COVID-19 measures, authorities said. Crowds of several hundred rioters torched cars, set off fireworks and threw rocks at police during the protests on Friday evening. […]
Thousands rally in central Iran to protest water shortages
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Thousands of farmers and their supporters gathered in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, state TV reported, in a major protest over water shortages in the drought-stricken region. “Let Isfahan breathe again, revive Zayandeh Rud,” chanted some of the demonstrators in a video posted on social media as crowds […]
New Delhi to consider curbing private vehicles to fight dangerous smog
New Delhi, IndiaReuters New Delhi will consider restricting private vehicles to driving on alternate days from next week if severe air pollution continues to plague India’s capital, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday. As choking smog enveloped the city of 20 million people this month, its government initiated a clutch of measures such as […]
South Korea’s beaches face threat from development, rising seas
Gangneung/Samcheok, South KoreaReuters For years, the crystalline blue water and soft sand of South Korea’s Sacheonjin beach has been favoured by surfers and vacationers seeking a quieter experience than more crowded options on the east coast. But Choi Jong-min, who runs a guest house Sacheonjin, was shocked when high waves washed away major portions of […]
Nicaragua decree demoting Vatican ambassador is retaliation for church comments, say diplomats
Rome, ItalyReuters A Nicaraguan presidential decree affecting the Holy See’s ambassador in the Central American country appears to be retaliation for comments made by the local Church leadership criticizing the government’s slide away from democracy, diplomats said on Friday. President Daniel Ortega’s decree this week stripped the Vatican’s ambassador in Managua, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, […]
AI bots to user data: Is there space for rights in the metaverse?
SONIA ELKS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the rising issue of rights in the digital realm…
Former economy tsar Cardinal Pell warns the Vatican is facing major deficit
Vatican CityRNS Former Vatican economy tsar Cardinal George Pell warns in a new book that the Catholic institution is facing a growing deficit, but he hopes financial reform efforts have put a stop to money laundering in the small city-state. Pell’s newest book, Prison Journal, Volume 3: The High Court Frees an Innocent Man, was […]
Poland says Belarus ferries migrants back to border after clearing camps
Bielsk Podlaski, Poland/Bruzgi, Belarus Reuters Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at a frontier that has become the focus of an escalating East-West crisis. The accusation by Poland suggests the crisis has not been […]