Vatican number two says giving Ukraine weapons legitimate, with conditions
Rome, ItalyReuters The Vatican’s number two said on Friday that supplying weapons to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russian aggression is morally legitimate under certain conditions, citing the Catholic Church’s teaching on “just war”. Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Rome, as the […]
As Australia votes, Indigenous people press call for inclusion in constitution
Canberra, AustraliaReuters Activists at one of the world’s longest-running protests for the rights of Indigenous people are not pinning their hopes for change on Australia’s 21st May general election. The election campaign has been dominated by debate about rising prices, COVID-19 and climate change, with the plight of Australia’s 700,000 or so Indigenous people, who […]
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On Norway’s Arctic border with Russia, a town freezes ties with its eastern neighbour
Kirkenes, Norway Reuters Kirkenes, a Norwegian town a stone’s throw from Russia, was for over three decades a symbol of cross-border harmony in the Arctic. That came to a crashing end when Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then people have been adapting to the new realities. One is the prospect that neighbouring Finland could join Norway […]
North Korea reports first COVID-19 death after 350,000 sickened with fever
Seoul, South Korea Reuters At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak of the pandemic. About 187,800 people are being treated in isolation after a […]
Families desperately await news of Burkina miners trapped for 26 days
Perkoa, Burkina Faso Reuters The families of eight missing miners in Burkina Faso desperately awaited news from rescue teams continuing on Thursday to locate the men who have been stuck underground for 26 days. There has been no communication with the miners since they were trapped more than 500 metres below ground during a flood […]
As war rages, Ukrainian joins thousands in Portugal to pray for peace
Fatima, PortugalReuters Armed with a candle and a blue and yellow flag, Karina Potomkina, a Ukrainian who has been watching her country being ravaged by war from afar, joined tens thousands of faithful in Portugal on Thursday evening to pray for peace. Potomkina, a 42-year-old who moved from the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia to Lisbon […]
Escape routes: The underground networks of Russians helping Ukrainian refugees
DAVID CHKHIKVISHVILI, of Reuters, report on how underground networks – many run by Russians or people of Russian origin – are helping Ukrainians evacuated into Russia escape…
Cuba hotel explosion badly damaged major Baptist church
Havana, Cuba AP Alejandro Clemente González was talking with an electrician while preparing for weekend services at Cuba’s most important Baptist church when an enormous explosion shook the building and shattered the 19th century dome towering far above the pews. Concrete plunged from walls, wood and glass showered down from the windows as an apparent […]