Ukraine vows it won’t use cluster bombs in Russia
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The US announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian […]
Apartment building collapse kills 14 in Brazil
Brasilia. BrazilReuters A residential building collapse in north-eastern Brazil killed 14 people, civil defence officials said on Saturday, as the last missing people were found lifeless. The collapse occurred on Friday in the Janga neighbourhood on the outskirts of Recife, the capital of the north-eastern state of Pernambuco. Rescue workers carry an injured person found […]
22 killed in air strike on Sudan’s Omdurman – health ministry
Cairo, EgyptReuters At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an air strike by Sudan’s army on western Omdurman, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday, as the war between the country’s military factions entered its 12th week. While the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces quickly dominated the capital Khartoum and its sister […]
New hazards of war enclose Belarusian town with turbulent past
Osipovichi, Belarus Reuters A Belarusian town with a turbulent past may hold some haunting new secrets: an empty camp that mutinous Russian mercenaries have yet to use and perhaps even a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons Russia says it has deployed in Belarus. In a former military camp surrounded by fir and birch forest […]
Report finds a growing exodus of Jews from Russia and Ukraine
United StatesRNS A new report by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research suggests that migration of Jews from both Russia and Ukraine to Israel may be reaching “exodus” levels. The report, which draws on data from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, finds that if trends continue, both Russia and Ukraine could lose a majority of their […]
Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans’ jobs or rebel against us. But, in the world’s first human-robot press conference, they gave mixed responses on whether they should submit to stricter regulation. One of nine […]
Worship music: Big churches sound alike. Little churches are the ‘Wild West’ of music, study finds.
US-based worship professor Will Bishop said that focusing on the most popular worship songs can miss what churches are actually singing. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia in September will be closely watched by Russia and China
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis travels to the periphery of Roman Catholicism later this summer when he becomes the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics. The visit is steeped in geopolitical significance as it will be closely watched by both Russia, which controlled Mongolia during the […]
US to send Ukraine cluster munitions, NATO makes membership pledge
Reuters The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining. Rights groups and the United Nations secretary-general questioned Washington’s […]