Lifestory: Dan Busby, longest-serving president of US evangelical financial watchdog, dies at 81
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the life of Dan Busby, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, who died last week at the age of 81…
IMF says up to 20 countries could require emergency assistance to ease food crisis
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that up to 20 countries, many in Africa, could need emergency assistance to cope with the global food crisis. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, also said that 141 million people across the Arab world are exposed to […]
Explainer – Indonesia football stadium tragedy: what happened, death toll, and reaction
Reuters At least 125 people died over the weekend in Indonesia when a soccer match between two teams that were fierce rivals ended in a stampede, marking one of the world’s worst stadium disasters in recent decades. The incident in East Java province has sparked outrage and grief in Indonesia, where sports commentators and activists […]
US military says it killed al-Shabaab leader in Somali air strike
Bosaso, SomaliaReuters The US military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed responsibility for a new attack. Somalia’s government said the leader was one of the co-founders of the al-Qaeda linked movement that has killed tens of thousands […]
Biden to storm-hit Puerto Rico – “All of America’s with you”; 560,000 still without power in Florida
Ponce, Puerto Rico Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday pledged more than $US60 million in aid to help US territory Puerto Rico and said more money was coming, as he sought to present a more compassionate image than his predecessor, Donald Trump, while surveying damage from Hurricane Fiona. Soon after arriving with his wife, Jill […]
Ukraine forces advance on two fronts, cross Russian lines in the south
Sviatohirsk/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the country’s south since the war began, bursting through Russian defences and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops. In a sign Ukraine is building momentum on two fronts, 300 km to the north-east Reuters saw columns […]
Yemen truce expires as UN keeps pushing for broader deal
Aden, Yemen Reuters Yemen’s warring parties failed to renew a UN-brokered truce deal that expired on Sunday, dashing the hopes of some Yemenis for a broader pact that would ease economic woes and prolong relative calm after more than seven years of fighting. United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg said late on Sunday he would […]
Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede
Malang, IndonesiaReuters Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the South-East Asian nation to explain how one of the world’s worst stadium disasters unfolded. Violence and hooliganism have long been features of Indonesian football, especially in places such […]
Yurts provide cheap escape for Hungarians fleeing cost of living crisis
Budakeszi, Hungary Reuters David Zih, who works in Hungary’s film industry, never thought he would end up living in a yurt to escape the surging costs of living. He was planning a house with a terrace and a view on his plot of land near Budapest. But mounting construction and energy prices have forced him […]
On the Screen: Agatha Christie’s back on the big screen – but this time its long-running play The Mousetrap that makes for the focus
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘See How They Run’…