Ireland “numb” as 10 die at petrol station explosion
Creeslough, Ireland Reuters Ten people, including two teenagers and a younger girl, were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, police said on Saturday, adding that the incident appeared to be “a tragic accident”. The police said no more casualties were expected from the explosion which happened shortly […]
Blast hits Crimea bridge crucial to Russia’s war
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A powerful blast damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea on Saturday, hitting a prestigious symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine. The early morning explosion on the bridge over the Kerch Strait, for which Russia did not immediately […]
COVID wave looms in Europe as booster campaign makes slow start
Reuters A new COVID-19 wave appears to be brewing in Europe as cooler weather arrives, with public health experts warning that vaccine fatigue and confusion over types of available vaccines will likely limit booster uptake. Omicron subvariants BA.4/5 that dominated this summer are still behind the majority of infections, but newer Omicron subvariants are gaining […]
Reunions could be a dream too far for Korean families torn apart by war
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Hwang Rae-ha is 80-years-old and despairs of ever seeing his mother again after the Korean war separated them in the 1950s. “I want to see her one last time, but she doesn’t even come to my dreams,” said Hwang, a South Korean who fears she has died of old age after the […]
Iranian state coroner says Mahsa Amini did not die from blows to body
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters An Iranian coroner’s report denied Mahsa Amini had died due to blows to the head and limbs while in the custody of Iran’s morality police and linked her death to pre-existing medical conditions, state media said on Friday. The death of 22-year-old Amini while in police custody has ignited three weeks […]
Land rights: In Colombia, occupations raise tensions and spook investors
NELSON BOCANEGRA, of Reuters, reports on the ongoing struggle over land in Colombia…
Pope Francis to make “father of migrants” a saint
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis will canonise a 19th-century bishop known as “the father of migrants” on Sunday, sending a message to Catholic leaders of the importance the pontiff places on the care of refugees at a time when immigration is roiling politics, including in the Italian government at the Vatican’s doorstep. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, bishop […]