Wow!: How apps are helping Latin American domestic workers fight for their rights
DIANA BAPTISTA, ANASTASIA MOLONEY and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Man topples ancient Roman busts in Vatican museums
Vatican CityReuters A man toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums on Wednesday, causing moderate damage before being stopped by staff and arrested, a museums source said. People visit the Vatican Museums on the day of its reopening after weeks of closure, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions ease, at the Vatican, on 3rd […]
Major UN powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the consequences of nuclear testing, sources following the talks involving countries including the United States, Britain, Russia, India and China told Reuters. Pacific islanders, who are particularly threatened by rising sea levels […]
Biden, Florida’s DeSantis stress unity in Hurricane Ian recovery
Fort Myers, Florida, USReuters US President Joe Biden met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday to tour the devastation from Hurricane Ian, and stressed the need for a united federal and state effort for the lengthy recovery ahead. Biden, a Democrat, and DeSantis, his potential Republican presidential rival, have clashed over issues, including COVID-19 vaccines, […]
More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike – aid workers and Tigray forces
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two aid workers and Tigray forces said. The air strike in the town of Adi Daero, some 40 […]
Putin finalises ‘annexation’ in Ukraine even as troops flee front
Lyman/Bila Tserkva, Ukraine Reuters President Vladimir Putin signed a law to incorporate four partially occupied Ukrainian regions into Russia on Wednesday, in what Kyiv called the act of a “collective madhouse” at a time when Russia’s forces have been fleeing from the front lines. The new law would incorporate around 18 per cent of Ukraine’s […]
UK to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants
Birmingham, UKReuters British interior minister Suella Braverman set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum and said it was her “dream” to see a government flight deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. The government has been under pressure to deal with the rising number of […]
South Korea, US fire missiles into the sea to protest “reckless” North Korea test
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Korea and the US military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as the United Nations Security Council prepares to meet over what was Pyongyang’s longest-range test. Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending […]
Updated: Australian Rules Football club CEO quits after one day in the job over church links
Updated: 10.30am, 6th October, 2022Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Andrew Thorburn resigned as chief executive of Australian Football League club Essendon a day after his appointment following an immediate backlash over his links to a church that expressed opposition to homosexuality and abortion. Thorburn, chairman of the Christian ‘City on a Hill’ church, quit his Essendon role on […]
StrangeSights: Mr Doodle draws on his house; pets tie the knot in Philippines; and, world’s largest bobblehead…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…