Some girls’ high schools in eastern Afghanistan open – local officials
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Authorities in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia said girls’ high schools had opened in recent days, though the move had not been officially approved. Most girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan have been closed since the Taliban took over in August, 2021, after the group made a sudden U-turn on promises to open them […]
Britain’s new PM Truss vows to ride out economic storm
London, UKReuters Liz Truss took over as Britain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday, vowing immediate action to tackle one of the most daunting set of challenges for an incoming leader in post-war history led by soaring energy bills, looming recession and industrial strife. Truss, the fourth Conservative prime minister in six years and successor to Boris […]
More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland/Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with […]
Ukraine says it downs Russian missiles, UN pushes for nuclear plant’s safety
Kyiv, Ukraine/Vienna, AustriaReuters Ukrainian forces shot down five Russian cruise missiles on Tuesday, most of them in the south, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, but he made no mention of a new military success in the east hinted at by officials earlier. “This morning alone, five of six Russian X-101 missiles were downed,” Zelenskiy said in […]
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EU plans to build firefighting fleet faster after summer of climate crises
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The European Union and its member states agreed on Monday to speed up plans to establish an EU fleet of firefighting aircraft, after rampaging wildfires across Europe this summer exhausted the bloc’s capacity to respond. This summer’s wildfires forced thousands of Europeans to evacuate, and razed homes and businesses, part of a worsening […]
Mexico abandons hope to rescue miners as authorities plan to recover bodies
Mexico CityReuters Mexican authorities on Monday outlined an 11-month plan to search for and recover the bodies of 10 coal miners trapped underground a month ago, a quiet admission that they are giving up on ambitions of rescuing the men alive. The shift to a recovery comes after a tunnel wall collapsed and flooded the […]
Climate change: study finds tackling inequality key; African leaders say richer nations must pay more
London, UK Reuters Tackling inequality is key to securing the public support needed to overhaul the global economy and reverse climate change, an update to the landmark 50-year-old computer simulation of environmental stress has found. Based on modelling by MIT scientists of a world destabilised by growing consumption, the 1972 “Limits To Growth” simulation has […]
Attack on vehicle kills 35 civilians in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device, the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns of Djibo and […]
To preserve Amazon, Indigenous groups call for debt forgiveness
Lima, Peru Reuters Indigenous groups from across the Amazon basin called on Monday for financial institutions to forgive the sovereign debts of the South American nations that comprise the Amazon rainforest, in exchange for commitments to preserve the environment. The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and its health is considered key to avoiding the […]