Pope says June meeting with Russian Orthodox leader is off
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has said he has dropped plans to meet in June with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has backed Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Francis, who has several times implicitly criticised Russia and Putin over the war, told Argentine newspaper La Nacion in an interview that […]
Russia pushes offensive, collects corpses in “liberated” Mariupol
Kyiv/Mariupo, Ukraine Reuters Russia pressed its new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Friday while in the port city of Mariupol, teams of volunteers collected corpses from the ruins after Moscow declared victory there despite Ukrainian forces holding out. Ukraine’s general staff said Russian forces had increased attacks along the whole frontline in the east of […]
Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing
JerusalemAP Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed. The renewed violence at the site, which is sacred to Jews and Muslims, came despite Israel temporarily halting Jewish visits, which are seen […]
Main hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray’s region runs out of food
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The main hospital in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials said. The decision by Ayder Referral Hospital in Tigray’s capital Mekelle underscores how little food aid is reaching the region despite the government’s declaration in March of a unilateral truce to […]
Kyiv Symphony’s European tour marks “cultural front” in Ukraine crisis
Warsaw, PolandReuters For Eleanora Tymoshenko, a music teacher from Balakliia, near Kharkhiv in Eastern Ukraine, and now a refugee in Warsaw, a night of Ukrainian music is food for her soul as she reflects on the conflict ravaging her home. “Music supports a person morally, supports their spirit, the Ukrainian spirit, and gives the right […]
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Explainer – Mariupol, the ruined port city that Russia says it has “liberated”
Reuters The port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, reduced to a wasteland littered with bodies by nearly two months of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilians, is a big strategic prize for Russia. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared the city “liberated” after nearly two months […]
In Bolivia, a battle over a receding glacier “doomed to disappear”
La Paz, BoliviaReuters In the Andean mountains of Bolivia’s high western plains where snow lies powdered over dark rocks that rise into a hard gray sky, scientists and climbers are fighting for the future of a dying glacier that has become a controversial lure for tourists. The Charquini glacier, some 20 kilometres from the highland […]
Lisbon to offer free public transport for young and elderly
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Lisbon will offer free public transport to children, students and elderly residents in a move Mayor Carlos Moedas said was crucial for the Portuguese capital’s fight against climate change. Moedas said Lisbon was following in the footsteps of other European cities. Estonia’s capital Tallinn and Luxembourg City offer free transport for all […]