Postcards: In homeland of Pope Francis, long absence prompts prayers for return
LUCILA SIGAL, of Reuters, reports from Argentina…
Islamist militants kill at least 25 in Nigeria’s Borno state
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Islamist militants have killed at least 25 people in an attack in a fishing town in Nigeria’s Borno state, police and residents said on Thursday. Police commissioner Abdu Umar linked the attack in Dikwa to Boko Haram insurgents. He said a policeman was killed in a separate incident. Dikwa is close to […]
John Paul abuse claims trigger angry reactions in Poland
Warsaw, PolandAP Fallout from a TV report alleging that St John Paul II covered up clergy sex abuse cases escalated Thursday, with Poland’s Catholic Church and lawmakers defending him as one of the greatest Poles ever and the government “inviting” the US ambassador for talks. A report this week on TVN24, which is owned by […]
Hong Kong’s Catholic bishop to visit Beijing in first trip in decades
Hong Kong, Chna Reuters Hong Kong’s top Catholic cleric, Bishop Stephen Chow, will visit Beijing in April, the first such visit in nearly 40 years. Chow’s five-day trip, to start on 17th April, follows an invitation last year by the Bishop of Beijing, Joseph Li Shan, the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese said in a statement […]
Georgian ruling party drops ‘foreign agents’ bill but protests resume
Tbilisi, Georgia Reuters Georgia’s ruling party said on Thursday it was withdrawing a bill on “foreign agents” after two nights of violent protests against what opponents called a Russian-inspired authoritarian shift that imperilled hopes of Georgia joining the European Union. The Georgian Dream party said in a statement it would “unconditionally withdraw the bill we […]
Russia kills civilians in first huge missile wave for weeks
Updated: 8am, 10th March, 2022 (AEDT)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia fired a huge wave of missiles across Ukraine on Thursday as people slept, killing at least nine civilians and knocking out power in an attack Kyiv said included six Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles, one of Moscow’s most valuable weapons. The mass strikes on targets far from the […]
Europe experienced second-warmest winter on record
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, as climate change continues to intensify. The average temperature in Europe from December to February was 1.4 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for the Boreal winter season, according to data published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate […]
Nigerian court rejects bid to stop reconfiguration of voting system for governorship polls
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters A Nigerian judge on Wednesday refused a request by one opposition candidate who lost last month’s presidential election to stop the electoral body from reconfiguring a voting system for state elections on Saturday. Opposition challenger Peter Obi of the Labour Party said a reconfiguration will destroy the evidence for his case after […]
Syrian woman rescued quake victims, won over those who told her to stay home
Idlib province, Syria Reuters Syrian civil defence volunteer Salam Mahmoud had only one thought when she saw the collapsed buildings after the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey. “All I could think about was how can I get the children out? If there is someone alive, how can I reach them?,” the 24-year-old said. […]
Guatemala takes back 106 unaccompanied children and teen migrants
Guatemala City Reuters More than 100 children and teen migrants from Guatemala were flown home on Wednesday after being found in a truck trailer in Mexico headed to the US, one of the largest recent returns of unaccompanied minors back to the Central American country. The flight to Guatemala City brought back 106 youths ages […]