Toddlers stable after Annecy attack, Macron hails emergency responders
Annecy, FranceReuters Two toddlers gravely wounded by a knifeman in the French mountain town of Annecy were in a stable condition on Friday and doctors are optimistic for their recovery, President Emmanuel Macron said. Well-wishers laid flowers on Friday at the playground where the suspect, said by the government to be a 31-year-old Syrian refugee, […]
Ukraine says five killed, 13 missing in flooding since dam destroyed
Updated 9am (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine was evacuating more people on Friday from southern areas where officials said at least five people had been killed in flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app that four people had died and 13 people were […]
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Archbishop of Canterbury urges Ugandan Anglicans to reject anti-gay law
London, UKReuters The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-LGBT law, saying there is no justification for Anglicans anywhere to support legislation that goes against the Christian teachings of the Gospel. Under the law, approved by President Yoweri Museveni in May, gay sex is punishable by […]
Rescuers race to save pets in submerged Ukraine city after dam collapse
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Rescue workers are scrambling to save thousands of animals trapped by floodwaters in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson following the destruction of the vast Kakhovka dam some 60 kilometres upstream. Many dogs, cats and other pets are in peril after owners abandoned them when fleeing floodwaters unleashed by the collapse of […]
How El Nino could impact the world’s weather in 2023-24
London, UKReuters Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino – a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere. On Thursday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
Russia accuses Ukraine of “blatant lies” about Crimea discrimination, MH17
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Russia on Thursday denied Ukrainian accusations that it backed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and discriminates against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea, accusing Kyiv instead of “blatant lies” at the UN’s top court. Ukraine has asked the Hague-based International Court of Justice to order Russia to halt alleged […]
Trump faces US criminal charges for mishandling documents, obstruction – lawyer
Reuters Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former US president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the US Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback for Trump as he […]
Mines uprooted in Ukraine dam disaster could pose danger for years to come – Red Cross
Moscow, RussiaReuters Mines uprooted and dispersed by floodwaters surging downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam across swathes of southern Ukraine could pose a grave danger to civilians for decades to come, the Red Cross said. The vast Soviet-era Kakhovka dam, under Russian control, was breached in the early hours of Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across a […]
Rohingya protest in Bangladesh, demand repatriation to Myanmar
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh protested on Thursday, demanding to be repatriated to Myanmar, so that they could leave the squalid camps they have lived in since fleeing a brutal military crackdown in their homeland in 2017. More than a million Rohingya have been crammed into the camps in southeastern […]