Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine
Prague, Czech RepublicReuters Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied in Prague’s main square on Sunday against rising populism and extremism, two days after a coalition of far-right political movements, fringe groups and the Communist party held a protest in the same location. Waving Czech, US, NATO and Ukrainian flags, many in the crowd voiced support […]
Wow!: Book app connects Ukrainian fathers with refugee children
STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG, of Reuters, reports on an app to help Ukrainian fathers connect with their children outside the country…
Black church tradition survives voting changes in US state of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia, US AP Black church leaders in the US state of Georgia organised rallies Sunday in a push to get their congregants to vote – a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year amid new obstacles to casting a ballot in the midterm elections. State […]
Brazil’s Lula defeats Bolsonaro to win presidency again in stunning comeback
Updated: 12:20am (AEST)Sáo Paulo, BrazilReuters Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil’s most right-wing government in decades. The Supreme Electoral Court declared Lula the next president, with 50.9 per cent of […]
UN chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into grain deal
Kyiv, Ukraine/New York City, USReuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern on Sunday over Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in a UN-brokered deal that had allowed grain shipments from Ukraine, as he delayed a foreign visit to try to revive the agreement that was intended to ease a global food crisis. Russia, […]
South Korea mourns, wants answers after Halloween crush kills 153
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Shocked family members collected bodies, parents searched for children and a country sought answers on Sunday after at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities. President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning and designated Seoul’s popular Itaewon […]
More than 80 killed in India as bridge packed with holiday sightseers collapses
Ahmedabad, India Reuters At least 81 people were killed in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday when a footbridge packed with sightseers enjoying holiday festivities collapsed and plunged them into the river below. Reuters TV footage showed dozens of people clinging onto the cables and twisted remains of the bridge over the Machhu […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases. The conflict that has pitted Ethiopia’s army against forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray has killed […]
Bolsonaro-Lula presidential race down to the wire in Brazil, poll shows
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil’s presidential race has drawn about even, a new poll showed on Saturday, a day before the tense runoff vote between right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula has 51.1 per cent of the valid votes and Bolsonaro has 48.9 per cent, a difference that is […]
Moscow barbers describe fight for survival as mobilisation cuts staff and customers
Moscow, RussiaReuters Faced with a sharp drop in clients since Russia began mobilising men to fight in Ukraine, Moscow barber Artemiy Zolotorevsky is learning to cut women’s hair to keep his business afloat. With hundreds of thousands of men having joined the army or fled Russia in the last month, barbershops around Moscow are fighting […]