This Life: Step out of the traffic
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the importance of slowing down…
Emperor penguins now a threatened species due to climate change, US says
New York, USReuters Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the US Government said Tuesday as it finalized protections for the animal under the US Endangered Species Act. The US Fish and Wildlife Service said emperor penguins should be protected under the law since the […]
UK churches offer a ‘Warm Welcome’ as rising energy costs, inflation bite ahead of winter
Norwich, UK UK churches are leading the way in launching a nationwide ‘Warm Welcome’ campaign designed to help people cope with high energy costs and inflation amid the approaching cold winter weather. Warm Welcome spokesperson, Sim Dendy, Senior Leader of the Freedom Church UK, explained: “People have been raising concern about energy costs since early […]
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh killing nine, flooding low-lying areas
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives, but the full extent of the casualties and damage would only be […]
Pope, other leaders, appeal for end to “nuclear nightmare”
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis joined other religious leaders Tuesday at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for peace and ending what they called the “nuclear nightmare” as fears intensify that Russia’s war against Ukraine may see atomic weapons used. A ceremony at the ancient Roman arena capped a conference on promoting world peace. The Sant’Egidio […]
Russia tells UN Ukraine plans ‘dirty bomb’, West dismisses allegation
Near Kherson frontline, Ukraine Reuters Russia on Tuesday took its case to the UN Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials as misinformation and a pretext for escalating the war. Moscow sent a letter detailing the allegations to the […]
New PM Rishi Sunak pledges to lead Britain out of economic crisis
Last updated: 7:10am, 26th October, 2022 (AEST)London, UK Reuters Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third Prime Minister in two months on Tuesday and pledged to lead the country out of a profound economic crisis and rebuild trust in politics. Sunak quickly reappointed Jeremy Hunt as his finance minister in a move designed to calm markets that […]
Syrian refugees cling on in Turkey, Lebanon as fears over coerced returns grow
Beirut, LebanonReuters The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights groups fear the programme may not be as voluntary as it purports to be, at a time when concerns […]
Books: An exploration of some of the world’s lost corners
DAVID ADAMS satisfies his curiosity about some of the world’s hidden places…
Egypt COP27 climate summit activists concerned voices will be curtailed
Cairo, EgyptReuters The decision to hold next month’s COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society’s participation in the event, some prominent activists say. The 6th to 18th November summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is the first annual UN climate conference to be held […]