New UK prime minister to be announced on 5th September as tax dominates contest
London, UKReuters Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on 5th September, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week. So far 11 candidates have thrown their hat in the ring to succeed Johnson as leader of the ruling […]
Sri Lanka to get new president next week amid political and economic meltdown
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on 20th July, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current President and Prime Minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had overseen a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers […]
Rescuers pull survivors from ruined Ukrainian apartment building
Chasiv Yar/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Rescuers pulled survivors on Monday from an apartment block destroyed by a Russian missile strike that killed 31 people in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said while lamenting Moscow’s firepower advantage despite billions in Western aid. The civilian deaths hammered home the human cost of Russia’s invasion, now in its fifth month, […]
Mother of Abe killing suspect is Unification Church member, church says
Tokyo, JapanReuters The mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the head of its Japanese arm said on Monday. Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been identified by police as the suspect who approached Abe and opened fire during a […]
In the US, ex-Disney workers sue, claiming religious discrimination
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USAP Three former employees have sued Walt Disney World, saying they were fired after refusing to wear face masks and get the COVID-19 vaccine due to religious reasons, according to a lawsuit. Barbara Andreas, Stephen Cribb and Adam Pajer said in the lawsuit filed on 30th June that Disney discriminated against […]
Kiribati’s shock withdrawal overshadows Pacific leaders meeting
Suva, FijiReuters The withdrawal of the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati from the region’s key diplomatic group has overshadowed the Pacific Islands Forum as leaders arrive in Fiji for the first in-person meeting in two years. Pacific island leaders will discuss how to gather more international support and funding to fight the impact of […]
NASA to showcase Webb space telescope’s first full-color images
Reuters Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated July 12 unveiling of pictures and spectroscopic data from the newly […]
Sri Lanka Prime Minister’s office confirms President to resign after protests
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men. After Saturday’s sweeping protests in the wake of a debilitating economic crisis, the speaker of parliament […]
Jesuits in moment of silence in Mexico for murdered priests
Mexico CityAP The Roman Catholic Church began a special round of prayers for peace in Mexico on Sunday after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain on 20th June. Jesuits held a moment of silence for the priests, who were alledgedly killed by a local drug gang leader as they tried to protect […]
Life beyond the grille: On Greece’s Santorini, 13 cloistered nuns pray for the world
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of The Associated Press, reports on the lives of the nuns of the Monastery of St Catherine and their ongoing commitment to prayer…