WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe
London, UKReuters The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe. In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported […]
Siege ends at Ukraine’s Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia’s defence ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region. Hours before Russia’s announcement on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the last defenders at the steelworks […]
Updated: Cost of living in focus as Australia’s election race hits final stretch
Updated: 6:30pm (AEST)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison criss-crossed the country in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday’s election despite polls pointing to a change of government or hung parliament. Morrison and Labor Opposition leader Anthony Albanese targeted marginal seats in the final 48 hours of the six-week campaign […]
North Korea hails ‘good results’ on COVID as fever cases pass two million
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea said on Friday it was achieving “good results” in its fight against its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, as the number of people with fever symptoms rose past two million. A wave of COVID infections, which North Korea first confirmed last week, has fanned worry about a lack of medical […]
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Soundbite – The TCM Update: Amy Grant’s ‘Age to Age’ among those marking 40 years
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Insurers suddenly raise stakes on German churches’ sex abuse response
RNS Germany’s Catholic and Protestant churches have been criticised for their handling of clergy sexual abuse for years now by victims, believers and the media. Now they face new pressure from an unexpected corner: the insurance industry. VBG, a national association of accident insurance providers, recently complained to the two predominant church bodies in the […]
Number of people illegally in EU grew 22 per cent in 2021 – Eurostat
Reuters The number of people found to be illegally present in the European Union increased by 22 per cent to reach nearly 700,000 in 2021, according to European statistics office data released on Thursday. Syrians made up the largest number, followed by Algerians and Afghans. The number of Afghans increased by about 55 per cent […]
“Hell” in Ukraine’s Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskiy
Kyiv/Slatyne, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region, the focus of recent Russian offensives, has been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as some of the world’s richest countries pledged to bolster Kyiv with billions of dollars. Since turning away from Ukraine’s capital, Russia is using massed artillery and armour to try to capture more territory in the […]
Life in pictures: In Mexico, a decade of images shows Mennonites’ traditions frozen in time
Photographer JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ and CASSANDRA GARRISON, of Reuters, delve into an archive of images showing life within the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico…