Afghans in UAE facility are “psychologically suffering”, Canada refugee says
Toronto, CanadaReuters Afghans living in a makeshift refugee camp in the United Arab Emirates staged demonstrations this week protesting the uncertainty of their status, participants told Reuters, and one refugee now in Canada said they are “psychologically suffering.” Residents in the camp, called Emirates Humanitarian City, have been housed there awaiting transfer to another country […]
Lifestory: Ivory Coast migrant Aboubakar Soumahoro provides activist voice to Italian Parliament
CRISPIAN BALMER, of Reuters, speaks with Aboubakar Soumahoro, who won a seat in the lower house in the 25th September national election and hopes to make his mark from opposition ranks…
Portugal’s charities struggle to cope with homelessness surge
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Six months ago, Jose Moreno found himself without a roof over his head. Now wandering the streets of Lisbon, the 48-year-old said soaring food prices were making his life even tougher. “For people with little money, it’s becoming impossible,” Moreno said after picking up a burger and pasta meal from a van run […]
Heat waves, flood, drought: Four in five of world’s cities at risk, study shows
Reuters Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP showed on Thursday. CDP’s report Protecting People and the Planet surveyed 998 cities from across the globe and showed that in addition to 80 per cent facing extreme climate events, […]
Iraq elects new President and Prime Minister, ending stalemate
Baghdad, IraqReuters Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as President, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani Prime Minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after a national election in October last year. The presidency, traditionally occupied by a Kurd, is a largely ceremonial position, but the vote for Rashid was a key […]
Civilians in ‘annexed’ Kherson start to flee to Russia amid Ukrainian advances
Updated: 12:20pm (AEST)Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Evacuees from Ukraine’s southern Kherson region were expected to begin arriving in Russia on Friday after a Moscow-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow’s weakening hold on territory it claims to have annexed. “We suggested that all residents of the Kherson region, if they wish, […]
Lebanon to resume sending refugees back to war-damaged Syria
Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back home at the end of next week, President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, in a process a security official described as voluntary, despite rights groups’ fears for their safety. Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. The government estimates that the […]
Religious leaders call for greater action from Australia in addressing climate change
Geelong, Australia Some 100 religious and First Nations leaders from Australia and across the South Pacific have signed an open letter urging Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to stop all new and current gas projects and end public subsidies for the fossil fuel sector. The letter also asks that Australia fully respects First Nations peoples’ […]
Significant Sights: Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports from the Palafoxiana Library in Puebla, Mexico…
US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle armed gangs and will speed up delivery of aid to a country suffering from crippling shortages of basic goods due to a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal. Haitian gangs have for a month […]