Pope invites all Christians to event in St Peter’s Square
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday invited Christians of all dominations to gather in prayer in St Peter’s Square in September to help further the cause of Christian unity. Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Sunday, 15th January, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia. Speaking during his […]
Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in north Nigeria
Reuters Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in north-west Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about security ahead of an election next month. Nigerians will vote for a new president on 25th February but kidnappings for ransom and killings by armed gangs in the […]
Postcards: One year after volcanic blast, many of Tonga’s reefs lay silent
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Americans should “pay attention” to MLK’s legacy says Biden
Atlanta, US AP President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King, Jr’s, birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and legacy “show us the way and we should pay attention.” As the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday […]
Israel’s Herzog tries to prevent “constitutional crisis” over judicial reforms
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Israel’s President warned on Sunday that the country faced an “historic constitutional crisis” over a contested judicial reform plan, and said he was mediating between the relevant parties. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now in his sixth term, wants to rein in the Supreme Court, which members of his religious-nationalist coalition accuse of […]
Updated: Islamic State claims Congo church attack
Updated: 4:45pm (AEST)Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern Congolese town of Kasindi that killed at least five people and wounded 15 wounded, the group said on its account on Telegram. Earlier, an army spokesman said the […]
Updated: Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack in Ukraine’s Dnipro, dozens feared dead
Updated: 8am, 16th January (AEST)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the rubble of an apartment block in the city of Dnipro on Sunday, a day after the building was hit during a major Russian missile attack, with dozens of people expected to have died. The regional Governor’s adviser, Natalia […]
At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years
Updated 9am, 16th January (AEST)Kathmandu, NepalReuters At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, […]
UK condemns “barbaric” execution of British-Iranian national
London, UKReuters Britain on Saturday called the execution by Iran of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari a barbaric act, and imposed sanctions on Iran’s prosecutor general in response. The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency had earlier reported the execution of the former Iranian deputy defence minister who had been sentenced to death on charges of spying […]
Explainer – As leaders fly to Davos, how do private jets affect the climate?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Political and business leaders will meet at the Swiss resort of Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, where issues from geopolitical instability to climate change are on the agenda. Yet as they seek consensus and solutions for global challenges, environmental campaigners argue that their travel arrangements may prove more […]