Haiti needs outside help to end “nightmare” of gang violence – OHCHR
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the international community on Friday to “urgently consider” sending a specialised support force to impoverished Haiti, which has been gripped by a “living nightmare” of gang violence. Haiti’s government in October asked for a “specialised armed force” to help combat armed gangs […]
Syrian baby born on day of earthquake brought mother “back to life”
Aleppo, SyriaReuters When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad’s family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour – giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later. The journey to hospital had been difficult, with “many deaths and damage around us”, she said, […]
Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700
Antakya, Turkey/Jandaris, Syria, Reuters Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week’s huge earthquake. The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian power grid and gains ground in the east
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensive was underway in the east. Ukraine’s air force said 61 of 71 Russian missiles had been shot down. But Energy Minister German Galushchenko said […]
Peruvians march in southern Juliaca to mourn 19 protest dead
Juliaca, PeruReuters Thousands of demonstrators marched through Peru’s southern city of Juliaca on Thursday to commemorate the one-month anniversary of clashes that left 19 people dead in the city, the worst violence in over two months of anti-government protests. Family members and protesters amassed under an overpass for a memorial to the victims after marching […]
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Vatican touts new memoir by Benedict XVI’s second secretary
Vatican CityAP Retired Pope Benedict XVI’s second secretary came out with a new memoir Thursday, a light, photo-filled daily journal that sharply contrasts with the bombshell tell-all book published last month by the late German pope’s main assistant. My Days With Benedict XVI by Archbishop Alfred Xuereb is the latest book to hit Italian bookshelves […]
Shielded from war, Syria town emptied out by earthquake and floods
Al-Tloul, Syria Reuters Shielded from 12 years of civil war, the small north-west Syrian town of Al-Tloul near the Turkish border has been devastated by Monday’s huge earthquake and ensuing flooding that has pushed out nearly all of its inhabitants, residents said. Three residents told Reuters the earthquake killed between 35 to 40 people and […]
Quarter of Ukrainians at risk of severe mental health conditions – adviser
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A quarter of Ukraine’s population is at risk of developing a severe mental health condition as the country grapples with the year-long Russian invasion, a senior health official said on Thursday. Michel Kazatchkine, a member of the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy, said the conflict in Ukraine […]