Amnesty says evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine’s capital in February and March. Civilians also suffered abuses such as “reckless shootings and torture” at the hands of Russian forces during their failed onslaught […]
Evacuations restart at Mariupol steel plant in Ukraine as Russia tightens grip
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said 50 civilians were evacuated from a bombed-out steelworks in the city of Mariupol on Friday, accusing Russia of violating a truce intended to allow dozens more still trapped beneath the plant to depart after weeks under siege. Mariupol has endured the most destructive bombardment of the 10-week-old war, and the […]
Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as foreign criticism mounts
Mexico City, MexicoReuters A Mexican journalist was found dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa on Thursday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country which has drawn international scrutiny. Luis Enrique Ramirez, a veteran journalist and columnist at El Debate, was found dead on […]
Snapshot: Roman ruins at Timgad, Algeria
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Soundbite – TCM Update: Reba McEntire releases ‘My Chains Are Gone’
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On the Screen: Dr Strange returns in a surreal and sometimes scary journey across the “multiverse”
MARCUS CHEONG watches Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness…
Explainer: A guide to the Philippines election
Reuters The Philippines holds an election on Monday to decide thousands of positions across the archipelago, including who will take over from Rodrigo Duterte and become its president for the next six years. Women wearing gowns walk alonng the streets during a Santacruzan-themed house-to-house campaign for Philippine Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo, in […]
Dozens killed in Haiti in two weeks of gun battles, thousands flee homes
Miami, US/Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti’s civil protection authority and a UN agency said. The Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo gangs, the latter of which kidnapped a group of US and Canadian missionaries last year, […]
EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The adviser’s opinion follows a string of rulings at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU in recent years, […]
Vatican diplomacy: Pope’s Ukraine efforts a political and spiritual tightrope
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on the Vatican’s diplomatic efforts during the Ukraine conflict…