Russian shelling triggers fire in eastern city of Sievierodonetsk – Governor
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian shelling of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk ignited a big fire on Saturday after a leak of tonnes of oil, the regional governor said, as the battle for the city raged on. In neighbouring Donetsk province, Russian media reported that a huge cloud of smoke could […]
“Girls’ education is a climate solution”: Malala Yousafzai joins climate protest
Stockholm, SwedenReuters The fight against climate change is also a fight for the right to education of girls, millions of whom lose access to schools due to climate-related events, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai told Reuters on Friday. Yousafzai was speaking outside the Swedish parliament where she joined environmental campaigners Greta Thunberg and Vanessa […]
Protests flare across India over anti-Muslim comments by ruling party members
Lucknow/Srinagar, India Reuters Police confronted stone-throwing crowds in at least two Indian cities on Friday as crowds protested in many areas of the country over derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two former members of the ruling party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has faced a backlash from Muslims at home and abroad, […]
Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises
Gezira Scheme, SudanReuters On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, or peanuts, sesame and other cash crops. Instead, in a country stalked by sharply rising hunger, swathes of the 8,800 square kilometre agricultural project lie untouched. A […]
UK’s first flight taking migrants to Rwanda can go ahead, court rules
London, UKReuters Britain’s government overcame a legal challenge to its controversial policy to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as the High Court dismissed campaigners’ attempts to win an injunction and said the first flight could leave next week. Charities and a trade union had launched a challenge earlier this week against the government’s plan […]
Worker rights: Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
MD TAHMID ZAMI and IFTEKHAR UDDIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the aftermath of the container depot fire near Chittagong in Bangladesh…
Biden unveils migration plan, capping Americas summit roiled by division
Los Angeles, USReuters US President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Western Hemisphere on Friday rolled out a new set of measures to confront the regional migration crisis, seeking to salvage an Americas summit roiled by division. Biden’s aides had touted the migration declaration as a centerpiece of the US-hosted Summit of the Americas, […]
Updated: Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol
Updated: 12:50pm (AEST)Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded the east of the country, and for humanitarian support to combat growing outbreaks of deadly diseases. In Sievierodonetsk, the small city that has become the focus of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine and one of […]
Pope cancels Africa trip, raising concerns for future mobility
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis’ trip to Africa next month has been cancelled because of the 85-year-old pontiff’s knee ailment, the Vatican said on Friday, raising questions about his ability to walk during the rest of his papacy. The decision to scrap the 2nd to 7th July trip to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan […]