Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discusses peace moves with papal envoy
Kyiv, UkraineReuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the Vatican on Tuesday to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia’s war on Ukraine. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, visited […]
Sudanese warring factions to resume indirect talks as clashes intensify
Khartoum, SudanReuters Sudan’s warring military factions are restarting ceasefire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, as they clashed by air and on the ground in the capital Khartoum. The fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now in its eighth week, has caught civilians […]
Heatwave in Bangladesh leads to school closures, power cuts
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A searing heatwave in Bangladesh spurred the closure of primary schools this week and triggered frequent power cuts, worsening conditions for residents unable to run fans to cool themselves as weather officials warned relief was not imminent. The maximum temperature soared to nearly 41 degrees Celsius from 32 degrees 10 days ago. The […]
War zone villagers flee after massive Ukraine dam destroyed
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters A torrent of water burst through a massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone, forcing villagers to flee and prompting finger-pointing from both sides. Ukraine said Russia had committed a deliberate war crime in blowing […]
Over 100 dead bodies remain unclaimed after Indian rail disaster
Balasore, India Reuters Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades. The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the […]
Ukraine dam supplying water to Crimea, nuclear plant is breached, unleashing floods
Updated: 5:50pm (AEST)Moscow, RussiaReuters Millions of litres of water burst through a gaping hole in a Russian-controlled dam on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone in southern Ukraine, threatening scores of villages and cutting off water supplies. Ukrainian and Russian forces blamed each other for the breach. A satellite image shows Nova Khakovka […]
UK’s Sunak says plan stopping small migrant boats is working
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his plan to stop migrants arriving in small boats had reduced crossings by 20 per cent, an update he hopes will ease criticism from his party and in the country over immigration policy. Sunak, who is expected to lead his governing Conservative Party into a […]
Oklahoma school board approves what would be the first taxpayer-funded religious school in US
Oklahoma City, USAP A state school board in the US state of Oklahoma voted on Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s Attorney General that the decision was unconstitutional. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted three-to-two to approve the application […]
Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday. Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and federal government […]
“The fresh water is finished”: Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq’s rivers and marshlands
AHMED SAEED, ISSAM SUDANI AND TIMOUR AZHARI, of Reuters, report from southern Iraq…