Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base – Ukraine
Kyiv/Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city of Odesa and striking a military air field in the central Poltava region, Kyiv authorities said. The attacks, in which a 29-year-old was also killed in the northeast Kharkiv […]
Sudanese capital quiet as 24-hour ceasefire takes hold
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Sudanese capital Khartoum was relatively calm on Saturday morning as a US and Saudi-brokered 24-hour ceasefire took effect, providing a window for humanitarian assistance and giving the public a break from the intense fighting. The short ceasefire follows a string of violated truces between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support […]
UN agency joins US in suspending food aid to Ethiopia after diversions
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters The United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday it was temporarily halting its food aid assistance in Ethiopia due to the widespread theft of donations, a day after the United States announced it was doing the same. More than 20 million people need food aid in Africa’s second most-populous nation, largely […]
Four Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country’s south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said. The siblings were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, […]
Three years after George Floyd’s death, US faith groups quietly advance racial healing
United StatesRNS Three years after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis brought crowds into the streets for a summer of protests, Christian groups are quietly launching initiatives that address the still-fraught racial divisions among their members and in the wider society. In New Orleans next week, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has […]
Pope “progressively improving”, off IV tubes, moving about
Rome, ItalyReuters Pope Francis’ overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of bed, be detached from intravenous tubes and resume handling some church work from his hospital armchair on Friday. Two statements from the Vatican, one in the early afternoon and the other in the evening, […]
Decrying “witch hunt”, Boris Johnson resigns from UK parliament
London, UKReuters Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly quit as a member of parliament on Friday in a furious protest against lawmakers investigating his behaviour, reopening deep divisions in the ruling Conservative Party ahead of a general election expected next year. Johnson had been under investigation by a parliamentary inquiry looking into whether he […]
Trump risked national secrets, US prosecutors allege in indictment
Washington DC, USReuters US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive US nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the event […]
Migrant politics: DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls “reprehensible”
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Ukraine reports “heavy combat” after Putin says offensive has begun
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Moscow and Kyiv both reported heavy fighting in Ukraine on Friday, with bloggers describing the first sightings of German and US armour, signalling that Ukraine’s long-anticipated counter-attack was under way. With virtually no independent reporting from the front lines and Kyiv saying little, it was impossible to assess whether Ukraine was penetrating Russian […]