In Sri Lanka, as economic crisis worsens, two men die waiting in queue for fuel
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan police said on Sunday two men collapsed and died while waiting in separate queues to secure fuel amid sky-rocketing prices leading to record inflation. The men, in their seventies, died while they were waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in two different parts of the country, said police spokesman Nalin […]
Lifestory: From Leningrad to Kharkiv, a life bookended by war and despair
VITALII HNYDYI, of Reuters, speaks with 87-year-old retired librarian Margarita Morozova who, having lived through the siege of Leningrad in World War II, now finds herself in another war..
Across Europe, Ukrainian exiles pray for peace back home
Berlin, GermanyAP Alona Fartukhova has been coming to Berlin’s Ukrainian Orthodox Christian community every day since she arrived in Germany five days ago from war-torn Kyiv. The 20-year-old refugee has been attending daily prayers for peace and helped organize donations for her compatriots back home. On Sunday, Fartukhova joined dozens of other Ukrainian worshippers at […]
Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
Washington DC, USReuters The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar’s military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, US officials told Reuters, a move that advocates say should bolster efforts to hold the junta that now runs Myanmar accountable. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce the […]
Pope says “slaughters and atrocities” committed daily in Ukraine
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis, continuing his implicit criticism of Russia, called the conflict in Ukraine an unjustified “senseless massacre” and urged leaders to stop “this repugnant war”. “The violent aggression against Ukraine is unfortunately not slowing down,” he told about 30,000 people in St Peter’s Square for his weekly Sunday address and blessing. “It is […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy presses Israel for missile defence help, fighting rages in Mariupol
Lviv, UkraineReuters Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for control of the port city of Mariupol on Sunday, local authorities said, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to Israel for help in pushing back the Russian assault on his country. In the latest in a series of appeals he has made for help from abroad, Zelenskiy […]
Ukrainian refugees find shelter and solace in Polish theatre
Przemsyl, Poland Reuters Ukrainian mothers and their young children found shelter in an ornate theatre in the Polish border town of Przemysl on Saturday, where they were able to get some rest after their harrowing journey. For Tanya, a 34-year-old from Berdychiv in northern Ukraine, it was a relief to finally have some help with […]
British royal couple starts Caribbean tour dogged by protest in Belize
Belize City, BelizeReuters Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Belize on Saturday for a weeklong Caribbean tour that was marred by a local protest before it even began amid growing scrutiny of the British Empire’s colonial ties to the region. The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge coincides with the […]
Indians fight in court for right to be forgotten online
Thomson Reuters Foundation It is more than a decade since Indian actor and reality television star Ashutosh Kaushik was arrested for drink-driving. Now, he is fighting for the right to put the incident behind him for good. Kaushik filed a petition in the Delhi high court last year, seeking the removal of about 20 online […]
Pope rules baptised lay Catholics, including women, can lead Vatican departments
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis introduced a landmark reform on Saturday that will allow any baptised lay Catholic, including women, to head most Vatican departments under a new constitution for the Holy See’s central administration. For centuries, the departments have been headed by male clerics, usually cardinals or bishops, but that could change from 5th June […]