At least 48 killed in road accident in western Kenya – police
Reuters At least 48 people were killed in a road accident in Londiani, western Kenya, on Friday evening when a lorry carrying a shipping container veered off the road and ploughed into several vehicles, police and witnesses said. Footage of the accident’s aftermath carried by local broadcasters showed the twisted wreckages of cars and motorbikes […]
Indonesia’s Java escapes 6.4 magnitude quake with few casualties, light damage
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of suspected heart attack during the quake, the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said. A resident shows a damaged house after an earthquake struck off the?Indonesian island of Java in […]
Belarus leader says nuclear arms will not be used
Reuters Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in its war in Ukraine, said on Friday he was certain Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed in his country would never be used. Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin have acknowledged that some tactical weapons have arrived in Belarus and the remainder would be put in […]
State Department review of 2021 Afghanistan evacuation critical of Biden, Trump
Washington DC, US Reuters A US State Department report on Friday criticised the handling of the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decisions by President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw troops had “serious consequences for the viability” and security of the former US-backed government. Adverse findings in the report also reflected badly […]
South Koreans become a year or two younger as traditional way of counting age scrapped
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Koreans became a year or two younger this week as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country’s traditional method. Under the age system most commonly used in South Koreans’ everyday life, people are deemed to be a year old at birth and a year […]
US Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
Washington DC, USAP In a defeat for gay rights, the US Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for […]
Medical mission: At 79, famed SBC missionary surgeon Rebekah Naylor is about to retire. Again. But she’s not done yet
In India, Rebekah Naylor went from staff doctor to medical director to hospital CEO, treating thousands of patients and delivering a host of babies. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Greece migrant tragedy: Survivor accounts say coastguard rope toppled boat
Malakasa/Kalamata, GreeceReuters Survivors of a boat disaster that likely killed hundreds of migrants near Greece have given accounts of traffickers in North Africa cramming them into a clapped-out fishing trawler. They recounted hellish conditions above and below deck, with no food or water. Some also said the tragic end, when it came, was precipitated by […]
North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors
United StatesAP Less than a month after finalising the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Elevation Church – a North Carolina-based megachurch that draws thousands of worshippers to its multiple campuses and has wielded a strong influence on contemporary Christian worship […]
Bolsonaro barred from holding public office in Brazil until 2030
Brasilia Reuters Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was in tatters on Friday as Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year’s fraught election. Five out of seven justices voted to convict the 68-year-old Bolsonaro for abuse of power and misuse of […]