“No surrender” – Thailand’s Pita vows to fight on after blow to PM bid
Bangkok, ThailandReuters Thailand’s Pita Limjaroenrat vowed on Thursday not to quit in his quest to become prime minister, after suffering defeat in a parliamentary vote fraught by abstentions and no-shows as conservative forces closed ranks to keep him at bay. The leader of the progressive Move Forward Party, the surprise winners of the 14th May […]
Russian shelling kills three in Ukraine, Kyiv attacked overnight
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian shelling killed three people in Ukraine on Thursday and four were hurt in Kyiv after the capital came under attack for the third successive night, Ukrainian officials said. An woman of 85 and a man in his forties were killed in the south of Ukraine and a 60-year-old person was killed in […]
ASEAN foreign ministers repeat condemnation of Myanmar violence
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters South-East Asian foreign ministers on Thursday reiterated condemnation of ongoing violence in Myanmar, as an intensifying conflict there tests the unity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Myanmar, one of the bloc’s 10 members, has been beset by fighting since the military seized power in early 2021 before unleashing a bloody crackdown […]
At least 87 buried in Sudan mass grave, including women, children – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN human rights office said on Thursday at least 87 people including women and children had been buried in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur, saying it had credible information they were killed by the country’s Rapid Support Forces. RSF officials denied any involvement, saying the paramilitary group was not a […]
Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers fighting in Ukraine
Moscow, RussiaReuters A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine where he said Russian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass. After the 24th June mutiny by Wagner mercenaries, the […]
Close to half of Ukrainian refugees in Germany hope to stay
Berlin, GermanyReuters Of the more than one million Ukrainian refugees who came to Germany to escape the war, 44 per cent would like to stay in the country, according to a survey published on Wednesday. This was higher than the 39 per cent of Ukrainian refugees who said they were planning to stay in a […]
Origins: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ still leaves an indelible mark on our culture 55 years on
NATHAN ABRAMS, professor of film studies at Bangor University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at one of cinema’s landmark films…
In wake of disasters, Chile animal shelter offers hope to wildlife
Santiago, ChileReuters In the misty forests just outside of Chile’s capital Santiago, a rescued puma stalks the leafy surroundings of the Refugio Animal Cascada, a shelter hoping to rehabilitate and house wildlife affected by the country’s natural disasters. The shelter, first opened two decades ago, has seen a host of new residents this year following […]
China evacuates 40,000 people from floods, more rain expected
Beijing, ChinaReuters More than 40,000 people in China’s Sichuan province have been evacuated because of floods, state media reported on Wednesday, as cloudbursts dropped huge amounts of precipitation over several parts of the country. Bursts of unusually heavy rain have saturated different areas over the past few weeks, causing flooding and mudslides that have destroyed […]
Israel files terrorism charges against two settlers in West Bank rampages
JerusalemReuters Israeli prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges on Wednesday against two Jewish settlers, one accused of desecrating a mosque and the other of setting a fire in a home, during rampages against Palestinians that drew US calls for accountability. The spree of vandalism and arson by hundreds of settlers in several villages and towns in the […]