Russia intensifies attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine, seizes territory
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Monday acknowledged difficulties in fighting in the east of the country as Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river and intensified pressure on two key cities ahead of an EU summit expected to welcome Kyiv’s bid to join the bloc. The Governor of the Luhansk region, scene of the heaviest […]
Lapid to become new Prime Minister as Israel heads to election
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israeli lawmakers will vote next week to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country’s fifth election in three years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could not contain the rising pressure on his fragile ruling coalition. Bennett will step aside to be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, his partner in the unlikely […]
Bangladesh military scrambles to reach millions marooned after deadly flooding
Dhaka, Bangladesh/Guwahati, India Reuters Soldiers on small boats delivered relief material on Monday across flooded towns and villages in Bangladesh, after more than nine million people were marooned in the low-lying country and neighbouring India following heavy rains, officials said. At least 32 people have been killed in Bangladesh since late last week following monsoon […]
Hundreds of Indigenous protesters enter Ecuador capital Quito
Quito, EcuadorReuters Hundreds of Indigenous people entered Ecuador’s capital Quito on Sunday, following almost a week of protests against the economic and social policies of President Guillermo Lasso, who has not been able to lift road blocks and violence across the country. Indigenous protesters arrived in trucks, cars, and on foot amid a state of […]
France’s Macron hunts for way to salvage a ruling majority
Paris, FranceReuters President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was faced with trying to salvage a ruling majority and with it his economic reform agenda after voters punished his centrist Ensemble alliance in France’s parliamentary election. While Ensemble secured the largest number of lawmakers in the 577-seat National Assembly, it fell comfortably short of the threshold required […]
Kenya’s church leaders call for peace in lead-up to presidential election
Nairobi, Kenya Church leaders across the country are calling for peace ahead of the 9th August presidential election contest between political long-hauler Raila Odinga and the current Deputy President, William Ruto. The East African country of more than 53 million people has experienced election violence several times in the last two decades. The worst was […]
Macau shuts most businesses, restaurants amid mass testing; casinos stay open
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters The world’s biggest gambling hub Macau began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday, with banks, schools, government services and other businesses shut, but casions remaining open. The testing of Macau’s roughly 600,000 residents is expected to end on Tuesday and comes after dozens of locally transmitted cases were discovered […]
Hundreds protest in Tunis against President’s plan for constitution
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in a second day of protest against a constitutional referendum called by President Kais Saied that his opponents say would cement his hold on power. The demonstration was organised by the Salvation Front, a coalition including the moderate Islamist Ennahda, the largest party in […]
Pilgrim economics: Camino travellers help rural Spain’s emptying villages survive
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how pilgrims are saving dozens of small villages from disappearing…
Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas
Pokrovsk, UkraineReuters Four months into the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Lilya, a 22-year-old mother from the eastern city of Bakhmut, decided the time has come to leave the beleaguered region. “It is very difficult. No electricity, no water, no gas, nothing,” Lilya, who would give only her first name, said, sitting on a train at […]