After EU’s nod, Ukraine vows to prevail as it battles Russian assaults
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters With a blessing for its EU ambitions and a pledge of unwavering support from Britain, Ukraine vowed on Saturday to prevail against Moscow as it battled Russian assaults near a key eastern city and multiple locations came under shell and missile attack. European Union countries are expected at a summit next week […]
Britain’s Boris Johnson meets Zelenskiy on surprise Kyiv trip
Kyiv, UkraineReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered to launch a military training program for Ukrainian forces on Friday as he met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on his second trip to the Ukrainian capital since Russia’s invasion. Johnson, who survived a no confidence vote earlier this month, was greeted by Zelenskiy as a “great […]
Doors are closing fast for Cubans seeking to travel
Havana, CubaReuters Cuban Miguel Palenzuela, 52, and his wife Ania have been waiting for a month outside Colombia’s embassy in Havana in hopes of securing a visa to travel through the South American nation. Palenzuela, who commutes almost daily from Guanabacoa, outside the capital, says he would prefer an appointment but the website crashes. Other […]
Retired priest, 92, charged with indecent assault after Canadian residential school probe
Reuters A retired priest has been charged with indecent assault following a decade-long investigation into a residential school in Manitoba, Canadian police said on Friday. Arthur Masse, 92, was arrested and charged on Thursday with a single charge of indecent assault on a 10-year-old girl at Fort Alexander Residential School in Manitoba. A Royal Canadian […]
Europeans pant in early summer heat waves threatening drought and wildfires
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain was headed for record June temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers, as an early summer heat wave sent Western Europeans hunting for shade and fretting over climate change. The heat wave since the beginning of the week intensified on Friday, […]
UN seeks urgent support for refugees after deadly Burkina Faso attack
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called on Friday for urgent support to some 16,000 newly displaced people who fled one of Burkina Faso’s deadliest militant attacks last weekend that left at least 100 people dead. Soldiers have recovered 86 bodies since the attack on Saturday night in the northern province of Seno, the […]
Southern Baptists: After years of delay, a change of direction on sexual abuse
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports from Anaheim in California where more than 10,000 Southern Baptists gathered this week to address sexual abuse…
Nigeria funeral for church attack victims draws anger, tears
Abuja, NigeriaAP Nigeria held a state funeral Friday for nearly two dozen of the worshippers killed by gunmen at a church service earlier this month as church officials urged authorities to take swift action to avoid future tragedies. Mourners paid their respects to 22 of the victims killed at the St Francis Catholic Church in […]
Updated: In the US, gunman kills three seniors over potluck dinner at Alabama church
Updated: 10:40am, 18th June (AEST)Vestavia Hills, Alabama, US AP The 70-year-old visitor had previously attended some services at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church before police say he showed up for a potluck dinner, pulled a handgun and fatally shot three of the elderly participants, one of whom died in his wife’s arms as she whispered words […]
Support for refugees rises, survey finds, amid Ukraine war exodus
Warsaw, PolandReuters The world has become more compassionate towards refugees, according to a survey by pollster Ipsos published on Friday, a finding it said suggested the war in Ukraine had increased public openness to people fleeing war or oppression. Some 78 per cent of people in 28 countries believe those escaping conflict or persecution should […]