Candidates jostle to replace UK PM Johnson in packed race
London, UKReuters The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention to run, with many pledging lower taxes and a clean start from Johnson’s scandal-ridden premiership. Johnson on Thursday said he would resign as prime minister, after lawmakers and cabinet colleagues rebelled over his […]
Essay: Shinzo Abe’s killing – the history of political violence in Japan
In the wake of the assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Friday, UK-based scholars, HUGO DOBSON and KRISTIAN MAGNUS HAUKEN, explain – in an article first published on The Conversation – why the assassination is sadly not without precedent…
Wow!: US online grocery delivery boom helps open up access to fresh food
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the findings of new research showing that more than nine in 10 Americans can get food delivered at a click helping those who struggle to reach bricks and mortar stores…
Gunmen kill 19 people in “random” bar shootings in South Africa
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country’s bleak status as a global centre for murder. Attackers armed with rifles and pistols opened fire in the Orlando East bar in the township of Soweto […]
UN Security Council struggles to strike Syria aid deal as mandate expires
United Nations Reuters A UN Security Council mandate for UN aid deliveries to some four million people in Syria from Turkey expired on Sunday as diplomats struggled to find a deal with Russia, which traded barbs with the United States over the renewal of the operation. Ireland and Norway are still working to reach a […]