Volcanologists seek answers as island in Portugal’s Azores keeps shaking
Sao Jorge, PortugalReuters Fatima Viveiros was a little girl when she decided to become a volcanologist. It was a dream come true and now, at age 44, she is putting her skills to use to protect her home in Portugal’s Azores islands. The lush mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Sao Jorge, where she grew up, has […]
Postcards: Yemeni city looks to ancient past to survive climate change
MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Yemen where officials say that, as global warming fuels extreme weather in climate-vulnerable Yemen, restoring the Tawila Cisterns could help avert future disasters…
Biden says he is not calling for regime change in Russia
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden clarified on Sunday that the United States does not have a policy of regime change in Russia, after his declaration that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”. Biden’s comments in Poland on Saturday also included calling Putin a “butcher” and appeared to be a sharp […]
Spanish choirs lead global singalong for peace in Ukraine
Madrid, SpainReuters More than 1,000 local choirs in towns and cities across the world sang out in unison on Sunday to call for peace in Ukraine. The event, run by Spanish organisation Choirs for Peace, saw groups in countries including Spain, Portugal, Britain, Italy and Mexico livestreamed on YouTube as they sang together. A man […]
UK’s Prince William says he wants to serve after Caribbean criticism
London, UKReuters Prince William has said he is committed to service and “not telling people what to do” after a tour of the Caribbean that was marked by protests over the British empire and criticism that the trip reflected a throwback to colonial times. William released the statement at the end of an eight-day tour […]
Pope evokes spectre of Ukraine war sparking global conflict
Vatican CityReuters The threat of a global conflict spawned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should convince everyone that the time has come for humanity to abolish war before it abolishes humanity, Pope Francis said on Sunday. “More than a month has passed since the invasion of Ukraine, since the start of this cruel and senseless […]
Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation
Lviv, UkraineReuters Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbass region as part of a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, even as another top Ukrainian official accused Russia of aiming to carve the country in two. Zelenskiy took his message directly to Russian journalists in […]
Thinning Antarctic ice shelf finally crumbles after heatwave
Reuters An East Antarctica ice shelf disintegrated this month following a period of extreme heat in the region, according to scientists. Satellite images show the 1,200 square-kilometre Conger Ice Shelf collapsed completely on or around 15th March. “Possible it hit its tipping point following the #Antarctic #AtmosphericRiver and heat wave too?” asked NASA Earth and Planetary Scientist […]
American Jews say making daylight saving time permanent threatens morning prayer
RNS American Jews say they were blindsided by the US Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it. The Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the Senate on 15th March, will make it nearly impossible for Jews to pray communally in the morning, Jewish advocates say, and […]
Pope Francis and Kirill could meet, Vatican-Orthodox relations expert says
Vatican CityRNS War in Ukraine might have set back the clock on Vatican relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, but according to one expert on Catholic relations with Eastern churches a meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, originally planned for June is not yet off […]