Postcards: Gaza children breakdance to kick stress away
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports from the Nusseirat refugee camp…
Indonesia to demolish soccer stadium where stampede killed over 130
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday as he vowed to “thoroughly transform” the sport in the soccer-mad nation. The President, popularly known as Jokowi, was speaking to reporters at the state palace after meeting Gianni […]
Explainer – What’s driving Haiti’s humanitarian crisis?
Reuters Haiti is facing a humanitarian crisis, with shortages of food, fuel and water causing catastrophic hunger, and the government pleading for military assistance from abroad. What is causing the crisis?The trigger for the current crisis is the blockade of a key fuel terminal by armed gangs that began in September. That has led to […]
Scattered clashes in Chile mark third anniversary of riots
Santiago, ChileReuters Scattered clashes around Chile between protesters and police on Tuesday marked the third anniversary of widespread protests against inequality in 2019 that left more than 30 people dead. In the capital of Santiago, hooded protesters lit fires and threw rocks at police, including in the area surrounding Plaza Baquedano, the epicenter of the […]
UN finds Russia responsible for “vast majority” of potential war crimes in Ukraine
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations commission found Russian forces were responsible for the “vast majority” of human rights violations in the early weeks of the war in Ukraine, including attacks on civilians that were potential war crimes. In a report on events in four northern provinces, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found […]
Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine/Washington DCReuters Russia has destroyed almost a third of Ukraine’s power stations in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as Moscow rained more missiles down on infrastructure in what Kyiv and the West call a campaign to intimidate civilians. Missiles struck power stations in the capital Kyiv where they killed three […]
Australia floods crisis set to worsen amid forecast for more rain
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of residents across south-east Australia braced for renewed flooding on Tuesday as weather forecasters warned of more downpours later this week, while swollen rivers continued to roll downstream inundating farms, towns and homes. Australia’s longest river, the Murray, which straddles the border between the two most populous states of New South Wales […]
Australia reverses decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Updated: 5.55pm (AEST)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the status of the city should be resolved through peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia “will always be a steadfast friend of […]
Books: Biblical characters to learn from
DAVID ADAMS reads Max Lucado’s ‘They Walked With God’…
For China’s women, this week’s Congress is unlikely to mean progress
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China’s 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality. Xi’s decade as the party’s general secretary has seen the number of women in politics and elite government roles decline and gender gaps in the workforce widen, […]