Pope hopes Northern Ireland accord can be “consolidated” to benefit all Ireland
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis said on Monday he was praying that the Good Friday Agreement signed 25 years ago that largely ended violence in Northern Ireland can be “consolidated” to benefit the people of all of Ireland. Francis made the comment about the 1998 agreement, which has come under strain following Britain’s exit from […]
Bank worker kills five co-workers in Louisville, Kentucky shooting
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)United StatesReuters A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police said. The gunman was fatally shot at the scene, Louisville police said. It was unclear whether he was slain […]
Ukraine battles rage, Kyiv reported to rethink counter-offensive after leak
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces pressed attacks on frontline cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending some plans for a counter-offensive due to a leak of classified US documents. The Russians were pounding Ukrainian positions around besieged Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region and other […]
Four killed in avalanche in the French Alps
Paris, FranceReuters Four people have died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche south-west of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday. The avalanche occurred in the middle of the day on the Armancette glacier, he wrote on Twitter. A general view shows an avalanche in the […]
Gold coach procession and new emoji for King Charles’ coronation
London, UKReuters King Charles III and his wife Camilla will travel to and from their coronation next month in Britain’s oldest and newest royal carriages in a grand procession that will be shorter than that taken by his mother 70 years ago, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. Charles will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey […]
Aid shortage leaves refugees in Uganda reliant on kitchen gardens
Bidi Bidi, Uganda Reuters Watering the neat lines of green salad leaves outside her thatched home, Susan Konga, a South Sudanese woman living in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, is preparing her kitchen garden for the next harvest. This year the success of her tireless cultivation will be put to the test – complete […]
Gunfire, protests in Ethiopia’s Amhara over plan to disband regional force
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a Federal Government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said. Members of Amhara’s special forces and allied militias vowed to oppose Thursday’s order, setting up a standoff […]
Work to be done, PM Sunak says 25 years after Northern Irish peace deal
London, UK Reuters A quarter of century since the signing of a peace deal that largely ended violence in Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said efforts had to be intensified to restore the power-sharing government central to the accord. Signed in Belfast on 10th April, 1998, the Good Friday agreement is considered one […]
Under threat: Sudan’s fishermen fear for future as climate change reduces hauls
ELA YOKES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how rising heat and overfishing are spelling trouble for food security as Sudanese fishermen complain of falling stocks and government inaction…
In pictures: Easter around the world
AP From Orthodox Palm Sunday celebrations in Romania to Easter Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christians celebrated Easter over the weekend. Here are some more images from across the globe… Romanian Orthodox priests and believers stand outside the Patriarchal Cathedral after an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, […]