Iran’s Khamenei calls girls’ poisoning “unforgivable” after public anger
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Monday that the poisoning schoolgirls is an “unforgivable” crime that should be punished by death if deliberate, state TV reported, amid public anger over a wave of suspected attacks in schools. Over 1,000 girls have fallen ill after being poisoned since November, according to state media […]
Wow!: No land, no problem – Netherlands innovates to lead EU solar drive
The Netherlands, Europe’s solar panel leader, is finding innovative places to site solar projects on limited land. KAROLIN SCHAPS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
In the US, Baptist Joint Committee gains faith and justice centre, grows religious liberty work
United StatesRNS The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is acquiring the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation in a move its leaders say will help them broaden efforts to support a more universal range of religious freedoms in the country. The 87-year-old coalition of 15 Baptist denominations, including both predominantly Black and white Baptist […]
103 unaccompanied minors found in abandoned trailer in Mexico, government says
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican authorities found 103 unaccompanied minors mostly from Guatemala inside an abandoned truck trailer in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the government said on Monday, in one of the biggest recent discoveries of migrant children traveling through Mexico. In addition to the 103 children, authorities found 212 adults from Guatemala, Honduras, […]
Syria quake aid blocked from parts of Aleppo province, Amnesty says
Beirut, LebanonReuters The Syrian Government and Turkey-backed rebel forces have blocked more than 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid from entering two zones in Aleppo province hit by last month’s deadly earthquake, Amnesty International said on Monday. The aid, which included food, medical supplies, tents and fuel, was sent by Kurdish authorities, the rights group said. […]
Kyiv says forces fighting on in “utter hell” of Bakhmut battle
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Monday its troops were still fighting against the attempted encirclement of Bakhmut, while Washington said that even if the eastern city should fall to Russia’s offensive, it would not necessarily give Moscow momentum in the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said he discussed the Bakhmut operation with the chief […]
South Korea says its own companies will pay to resolve forced labour dispute with Japan
Seoul, South Korea/Tokyo, Japan Reuters South Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, in a bid to improve poor relations that have impeded trade and cooperation between the two countries. The proposal was welcomed in Tokyo but faced immediate backlash from some victims […]
In Turkey’s quake-devasted city of Antakya, an antiques seller is determined to stay put
Antakya, Turkey Reuters From an old black cassette player, Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here rings out through a damaged neighbourhood of the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, where few residents remain since a devastating earthquake left it in ruins nearly a month ago. Almost all of the city’s shops were closed and rows of buildings […]
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
Dubai, United Arab ErmiratesReuters Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. The so-far unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months. Iranian officials believe […]
Serbian nationalists march in protest against Kosovo talks
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Hundreds of Serb nationalists and Orthodox Christians marched in Belgrade on Sunday to protest against a Western plan aimed at mending ties between Serbia and its former province Kosovo. Many Serbs view Kosovo, home to the Serbian Orthodox faith’s main churches and monasteries, as the heartland of the Serb nation. People walk […]