UK PM Sunak dealt blow as court rules Rwanda deportation plan unlawful
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK’s top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small boats. Under an £140 million deal struck last year, Britain planned to send […]
EU leaders back security commitments for Ukraine; man accused of treason over Kramatorsk attack
Brussels, BelgiumReuters European Union leaders declared on Thursday they would make long-term commitments to bolster Ukraine’s security as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged them to start work on a new round of sanctions against Russia. At a summit in Brussels, the leaders restated their condemnation of Russia’s war against Ukraine and said the EU and its […]
Updated: French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting
Updated: 12:10pm (AEST)Nanterre, France Reuters France saw unrest spread to major cities in a third night of riots on Thursday as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop. Forty thousand police officers were deployed across […]
Russian Patriarch tells papal envoy their churches should work together for peace
Moscow, RussiaReuters The head of Russia’s influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told an envoy of Pope Francis on Thursday their churches should work together to avert “negative political developments and serve the cause of peace and justice.” Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ envoy and President of Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), attends a mass at the […]
On the Screen: Indiana Jones reaches a fitting end in ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny’
DAVID ADAMS watches Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones…
UN expert condemns ‘mass deportations’ of Haitians fleeing conflict
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters An independent expert to the United Nations condemned mass deportations of Haitians who had fled the country amid a humanitarian crisis driven by worsening violence from heavily armed gangs who control large swathes of the country. In a statement following a visit to the Caribbean nation, William O’Neill said some methods used to […]
Analysis – Nigeria’s Tinubu faces daunting hurdles after reform sprint
Lagos, NigeriaReuters New Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has moved at lightning speed in his first month in office, implementing a raft of radical changes aimed at finally unleashing the full potential of Africa’s sluggish economic giant. But while his rapid headway on reforms has wowed investors, some analysts, observers and business leaders warn that bigger […]
Presumed human remains and shattered Titanic submersible returned to shore
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five people aboard were recovered from the ocean bottom and brought ashore to Canada on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said. The possible remains and shattered bits of the submersible Titan, destroyed while […]
Kremlin adviser, papal envoy on Ukraine discuss refugees: Catholic prelate
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser and a papal envoy on the Ukraine conflict on Wednesday mainly discussed humanitarian issues, including refugees, Russia’s senior Catholic prelate was quoted as saying. The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Moscow in Russia Paolo Pezzi told Tass news agency that Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov and […]
Extreme weather: Will India lightning strike deaths rise as climate change worsens?
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that lightning strikes are increasing in India due to global warming and air pollution – with people living in rural areas most at risk…