Prospect of Marcos revival looms as Philippines votes for new president
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters The Philippines votes on Monday in its most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once unthinkable return to rule of the Marcos family, 36 years after they were toppled in a “people power” uprising. The election pits Vice President Leni Robredo against former senator and congressman Ferdinand Marcos, […]
Belfast takes Sinn Fein’s historic election win in its stride
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKReuters Irish nationalists in Belfast toasted Sinn Fein’s historic election victory on Sunday while pro-British neighbours quietly fumed, but there was little sign the weekend’s political earthquake was about to rock this once-troubled city. In a victory that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago, the former political wing of the […]
Sixty feared dead in bombing of Ukraine school; G7 condemns Putin; Bono gives ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters As many as 60 people are feared to have been killed when a bomb struck a village school in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Sunday while Russian forces continued shelling the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in the ruined south-eastern port of Mariupol. Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai said the […]
Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for COVID deaths after damning WHO report
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India’s main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of COVID-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country’s toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has rejected the WHO estimate released on Thursday that 4.7 […]
Emperor penguin at serious risk of extinction due to climate change
Reuters The emperor penguin, which roams Antarctica’s frozen tundra and chilly seas, is at severe risk of extinction in the next 30 to 40 years as a result of climate change, an expert from the Argentine Antarctic Institute warned. The emperor, the world’s largest penguin and one of only two penguin species endemic to Antarctica, […]
For children who lost a parent, the pandemic pain will never end
Converse, Texas, USReuters Aidan Garza often talks about his dad in the present tense, as if David Garza were still right across the living room, sitting in his favourite chair, calling the 12-year-old over to watch a Star Wars series. As if he had never collapsed while out running errands on 30th December, 2020, in […]
Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s supreme leader, an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public that is drawing a backlash from the international community and many Afghans. A spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the […]
Big bucks: Drought-hit Zimbabweans cut poverty, poaching with larger goats
BUSANI BAFANA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, as extreme weather hurts crops, on a project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes which aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local wildlife…
Ukraine says all women, children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill
Kyiv, UkraineReuters All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, after a week-long effort rescued hundreds of people during an ongoing Russian assault at the plant. “This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation is over,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote on […]