Updated: Canada stabbing spree suspects on the loose after 10 killed, 15 wounded
Updated: 12:20pm (AEST)Weldon, Saskatchewan, CanadaReuters Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others mostly in a sparsely populated Indigenous community early Sunday. The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and certain to reverberate throughout […]
“It felt like my insides were crying”: China COVID curbs hit youth mental health
FARAH MASTER and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on the impact of China’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns on young people…
Ukraine firefighters adapt to working in war zone
Reuters Firefighters in Ukraine used to have the protocols, the experience and the kit to deal with whatever blaze they encountered. When the war with Russia broke out, that all changed. As high rise apartment blocks were struck and neighbourhoods were shelled, they had to work out which of the multiple burning homes to prioritise, who to rescue […]
Essay: Fifty years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court’s ruling continues to guide execution debate
In an article first published on The Conversation, US scholar AUSTIN SARAT looks at the issue of capital punishment in the US…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns Europe to brace for winter energy crisis
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters European leaders on Sunday sought to ease the impact of high energy prices across the continent, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned of a difficult winter, even as he reported progress in a counter-offensive against Russian troops. Zelenskiy thanked his forces in his nightly address on Sunday for taking two settlements in […]
Postcards: On Colombia’s San Andres, a historic church’s roots run deep
LUIS ANDRES HENAO, of Associated Press, reports on a how a church remains a source of pride for the Raizals, the English-speaking, mostly Protestant inhabitants of San Andres…
Israeli survivors remember Munich Olympic massacre, 50 years on
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Ankie Spitzer was 26-years-old when her husband Andre, a coach of the Israeli fencing team, was killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 50 years ago this week, and the memories of that day have dominated her life ever since. The attack on the Israeli team by gunmen associated with the […]