Postcards: Cold War bunker a life saver in devastated Ukrainian village
ROD NICKEL, of Reuters, reports from the village of Luch…
UK spy chief sorry for failing to stop Manchester concert bombing – inquiry
London, UK Reuters The head of Britain’s security services said on Thursday he was profoundly sorry his spies had missed a “significant” opportunity to prevent a deadly 2017 suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande pop concert in Manchester. Twenty-two people – the youngest aged eight – died and more than 200 were […]
Turkey faces challenge “beyond comprehension” to clear earthquake rubble
Antakya, Turkey Reuters After the deadliest earthquake in its modern history, Turkey faces the daunting task of disposing of hundreds of millions of tonnes of rubble, some of it potentially harmful. The 6th February earthquake and aftershocks left at least 156,000 buildings either completely collapsed or damaged to the point where they require demolition, Turkish […]
Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, Blinken tells Lavrov US will back Kyiv all the way
Chasiv Yar, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian forces held out in the eastern city of Bakhmut against Russian attackers on Thursday, while the top US diplomat told his Russian counterpart in their first face-to-face encounter since the invasion that the Kremlin must stop the war. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had been hit by what […]
Nigeria’s Obi says he, not Tinubu, won presidential election
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi said on Thursday he had won Saturday’s election, called Bola Tinubu’s victory fraudulent and promised to claim the top job through legal means. Tinubu, the ruling party candidate, was declared president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation on Wednesday, having won 37 per cent of the vote. He […]
Anger, sorrow in Greece as train crash death toll rises
Larissa, Greece Reuters Anger and sorrow grew in Greece on Thursday over a devastating train crash that killed dozens of passengers along with crew members near the central city of Larissa in the country’s worst rail disaster. Carriages were thrown off the tracks, crushed and engulfed in flames when a high-speed passenger train with more […]
SpaceX launches latest space station crew to orbit for NASA
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USReuters Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched a four-man crew to orbit en route to the International Space Station early on Thursday, with a Russian cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two NASA crewmates for the flight. The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously […]
Scientists uncover new Easter Island moai statue in dry lake bed
Santiago, ChileReuters Scientists have found a previously undiscovered moai on Easter Island, uncovering the large stone statue in a dry lake bed on the tiny, remote island in the middle of the Pacific. Geologists were studying the site after fires swept through the area last year. It could mean more figures and tools used by […]
Who will pay for the SBC’s abuse reforms over the long term? No-one knows
United StatesRNS After years of delay, Southern Baptists passed a series of reforms in 2022 aimed at addressing abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Those reforms included setting up a “Ministry Check” database to track abusive pastors and training churches on how to prevent abuse and to care for abuse survivors. The plan for […]
Table Talk: Eight everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them
In an article first published on The Conversation, SARAH DICKIE, JULIE WOODS, MARK LAWRENCE, and PRISCILA MACHADO – all from Deakin University in Australia, look at the concept of “ultra-processed foods”…