Storm Fiona ravages Canada’s east coast, causing “terrifying” destruction
Stephenville, Newfoundland, CanadaReuters Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, knocking down trees and powerlines, and reducing many homes on the coast to “just a pile of rubble in the ocean”. The US National Hurricane Center said the centre of the storm, downgraded to Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, was […]
Investigation chief says Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters War crimes including rape, torture, executions and confinement of children were committed by Russia in areas it occupied in Ukraine, the head of a UN-mandated investigation body said on Friday. The commission is one of the first international bodies to reach the conclusion on the basis of field evidence. Ukraine and its Western […]
Floods kill over 300 in Nigeria this year, and could worsen – emergency agency
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency held an emergency meeting earlier […]
Vatican cyclist spreading the Pope’s message at worlds
Vatican CityAP A plain white helmet like the Pope’s skullcap. The Holy See’s crossed keys seal stamped on his white and yellow jersey over his heart. In this undated photo made available by Athletica Vaticana on Thursday, 22nd September, Dutch-born cyclist Rien Schuurhuis, centre, poses with his team in front of St Peter’s Basilica at […]
Ukrainian ex-serviceman claims Russians tortured him in eastern city of Izium
Izium, Ukraine Reuters Alexander Glushko says he spent the last fortnight of the Russian occupation of his hometown of Izium in northeast Ukraine jailed by Russian soldiers in the dank ruins of a police station where he was tortured with electric wires. He said he was also beaten during an earlier five-day stint in […]
Just a third of Americans back Republican migrant flights – Reuters/Ipsos
Washington, USReuters Only a third of Americans – including half of Republicans and one in six Democrats – say it’s OK for state officials to fly or bus migrants to other states, a sign the push by Republican Southern governors to ship foreigners north could backfire with some voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Republican […]
“Saving lives”: Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children
FARAI MUTSAKA, of Associated Press, reports on efforts to vaccine children against a deadly measles outbreak amid opposition from some religious groups…
US Catholic bishops’ report to the Vatican shows a church split by politics
Vatican CityRNS Catholics in the United States are deeply divided over issues as disparate as LGBTQ inclusion, clerical sexual abuse and celebrating the liturgy, according to a summary of consultations carried out in dioceses across the country in recent months as part of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality. “Participants felt this division as a profound […]
Russia holds votes in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kyiv says residents coerced
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia launched referendums on Friday aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine, drawing condemnation from Kyiv and Western nations who dismissed the votes as a sham and pledged not to recognise their results. Ukrainian officials said people were banned from leaving some occupied areas until the four-day vote was over, armed groups […]