Taiwan President tells Pope war with China not an option
Taipei, TaiwanReuters Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis to say that war between Taiwan and China is not an option and only by respecting the Taiwanese people’s insistence on sovereignty and freedom can there be healthy ties with Beijing. The Vatican is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s sole European diplomatic ally, and Taipei has watched […]
Postcards: On Ukraine’s frontlines, Polish paramedic tends to wounded soldiers
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Updated: Death toll from California massacre rises to 11 as police look for motive
Updated: 10:30am (AEST)Monterey Park, California, USReuters An 11th victim died from injuries on Monday after an elderly gunman’s deadly rampage at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, California police said, as authorities were still searching for a motive behind one of the state’s worst mass shootings. Police identified 72-year-old Huu Can Tran as the suspect in […]
WHO urges “immediate action” after cough syrup deaths
London, UKReuters The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under five – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths […]
Islamists suspected of killing about 20 people in eastern Congo raid
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Suspected Islamists killed about 20 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, a local chief and a military official said on Monday. Both blamed the killings on the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group based in eastern Congo that […]
Pakistan begins restoring power after second major grid breakdown in months
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan’s government began restoring power to millions of people on Monday after a breakdown in the grid triggered the worst electricity outage in months and highlighted the weak infrastructure of the heavily indebted nation. An inquiry has been launched into the outage, which began at around 7:00am local time and has so […]
Davos 2023: Outlook brighter than feared, fraught with risks
Davos, Switzerland Reuters The year ahead looks better than feared for the global economy but remains fraught with risks including escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the emergence of a transatlantic trade war, the World Economic Forum’s final panel concluded. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told the Davos audience that what had improved […]
Updated: Ten killed in ballroom shooting near Los Angeles during Lunar New Year party
Updated: 3:55pm, 23rd January, 2023 (AEST)Monterey Park, California, USReuters A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a Lunar New Year massacre at a dance club that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded. The gunman tried to carry out another shooting at […]
Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids under Lula bid to protect Amazon
Uruara, Brazil Reuters Brazilian environmental agents cut through the rainforest with machetes on Thursday in search of criminals in the first anti-deforestation raids under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pledged to end surging destruction inherited from his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. Reuters exclusively accompanied raids led by environmental agency Ibama in the rainforest […]
Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Large numbers of Eritrean troops have left the town of Shire in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where they fought in support of government forces during a two-year civil war, a resident and two humanitarian workers told Reuters on Saturday. The Eritrean forces’ continuing presence in Tigray, despite a November ceasefire agreement between Ethiopia’s […]