Zelenskiy vows to defend “fortress” Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Kyiv’s prospects for joining the EU. Meanwhile, the United States said it would send more than $US2.175 […]
Blinken postpones China trip over “unacceptable” Chinese spy balloon
Washington, US/Beijing, ChinaReuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a visit to China that had been expected to start on Friday after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States in what Washington called a “clear violation” of US sovereignty. The Pentagon said on Thursday it was tracking a high-altitude surveillance […]
Pope implores South Sudan’s leaders to end bloodshed, recriminations
Juba, South SudanReuters Pope Francis began a visit to South Sudan on Friday with an impassioned plea to its fractious leaders to turn their backs on the violence, ethnic hatred and corruption that have stopped the world’s youngest country from achieving peace and prosperity. South Sudan broke away from Sudan to become independent in 2011 […]
Pakistan says mosque bomber wore police uniform, breached security on motorbike
Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters The suicide bomber who killed more than 100 people at a mosque in a police compound in the Pakistan city of Peshawar this week wore a police uniform and entered the high security area on a motorbike, a provincial police chief said on Thursday. The bomber behind Monday’s attack had been identified […]
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Afghan women prosecutors once seen as symbols of democracy find asylum in Spain
Madrid, SpainReuters Pushing her son on a swing at a playground on a sunny winter’s day in Madrid, former Afghan prosecutor Obaida Sharar expresses relief that she found asylum in Spain after fleeing Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban took over. Sharar, who arrived in Madrid with her family, is one of 19 female prosecutors to […]
Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites
Beijing, China Reuters China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday. China’s global network of ground stations to support a growing number of satellites and […]
Roman sewer works reveal statue of emperor posing as Hercules
Rome, Italy Reuters A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome’s first highway. It emerged, face first, as a bulldozer was tearing through old pipelines that needed replacing. An archaeologist overseeing the work immediately intervened. […]
Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents
Washington DC, US Reuters Nearly 1,000 migrant children separated at the US-Mexico border by the administration of former President Donald Trump have yet to be reunited with their parents despite a two-year effort by President Joe Biden. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday of the 998 children still separated, 148 were in […]
“Strong concerns”: Ethiopia digital ID prompts fears of ethnic profiling
ZECHARIAS ZELALEM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on fears the rollout of digital ID Fayda in Ethiopia could entrench discrimination against Tigrayans and other ethnic minorities…