Malaria and diseases spreading fast in flood-hit Pakistan
Karachi, PakistanReuters The death toll from malaria and other diseases tearing through Pakistan’s flood-ravaged regions reached 324, authorities said on Wednesday, and actress Angelina Jolie said she feared many people she had met during visits to flood-hit areas this week would “not make it” if more aid did not arrive. Hundreds of thousands of people […]
Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda, up to eight dead in Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico Reuters Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where the storm left most people without power and up to eight dead. After making landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday, Fiona […]
Updated: Zelenskiy tells UN – We demand “just punishment” for Russian crimes
Updated: 9:55am (AEST)United Nations Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy demanded a special United Nations tribunal impose “just punishment” on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including financial penalties and stripping Moscow of its veto power in the Security Council. Zelenskiy’s recorded address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday came after Russian President […]
Updated: Putin orders troop conscription in Ukraine war escalation
Updated: 7:25am, 22nd September (AEST)Kyiv, Ukraine/New York City, US/Gdansk, Poland Reuters President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first wartime mobilisation since World War II on Wednesday, shocking citizens with what Western countries described as an act of desperation in the face of a losing war. Putin made the announcement in a televised address in which he also […]
Pope says it is “madness” to think of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis, speaking as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West he was not bluffing about possibly using nuclear weapons, said on Wednesday that thinking of such an act was “madness”. Francis also said Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a “noble” people being martyred. Pope Francis addresses […]
At UN, emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education
United Nations Reuters After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, former captain of the Afghan girls robotics team, broke down in tears backstage. “I was in classroom last year, but this year girls are […]
Iran custody death should be impartially investigated – UN rights office
Reuters The Acting UN Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an impartial probe into the death of a woman in police custody in Iran who fell into a coma after being arrested by the country’s morality police. The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdistan province, has sparked nationwide anger and […]
Books: A “spiritual journal” to encourage your creative potential
DAVID ADAMS takes a look at ‘Draw Near’…
Myanmar army helicopters fire on school, killing 13 – media, residents
Reuters At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces. Myanmar has been gripped by violence since the army overthrew an elected government early […]
StrangeSights: A poignant tribute to the Queen; Virginia’s “plane pull”; and frenzy over World Cup stickers in Argentina…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…