Fitted with pacemaker, Netanyahu to attend key vote as crisis spirals
JerusalemReuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “doing excellently” after an unscheduled pacemaker implant and would on Monday attend a key judicial reform vote that has brought nationwide protests to a boil and stirred calls for compromise. With the country ensnared in its worst domestic crisis in decades, President Isaac Herzog on Sunday […]
Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail
Reuters Clashes flared in parts of Sudan on the 100th day of the war on Sunday as mediation attempts by regional and international powers failed to find a path out of an increasingly intractable conflict. The fighting broke out on 15th April as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vied for power. Since then, […]
Pope urges world leaders to do more to tackle climate change
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said on Sunday that recent heatwaves across many parts of the world and flooding in countries such as South Korea showed that more urgent action was needed to tackle climate change. Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, at the Vatican, on 9th July, 2023. PICTURE: Vatican Media/Handout via […]
UNESCO-listed cathedral among damaged buildings in Odesa
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters More details have emerged about a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa early on Sunday in which an Orthodox cathedral in the city centre, a UNESCO world heritage site, was severely damaged. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said one person was killed and 20 injured, including four children aged 11 to […]
Analysis – Europe struggles to convert Ukraine migration into labour boon
Berlin, Germany/Warsaw, Poland Reuters European countries have not fully seized on the opportunity to plug workforce gaps presented by the arrival of millions of Ukrainian refugees, even though many of those fleeing the war are highly educated or have desperately needed skills. The flood of people over the border following Russia’s February, 2022, invasion should […]
Beauty salon ban in Afghanistan a blow to women’s financial freedom
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters For the last eight years, Marzia Reyazee has supported her family with the earnings from her female-only beauty salon in Afghanistan, a business she spent more than $US18,000 setting up. But the 34-year-old mother of two is likely to find herself without her business, and with few other prospects for a livelihood, when […]
Eleven killed in suspected arson attack on northern Mexican bar
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities in the state of Sonora said on Saturday. A forensic technician works at a scene where a […]
Seeking answers: East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on how the town’s First United Presbyterian Church is helping researchers find answers to questions about exposure…
Wildfire on Greek island of Rhodes forces mass evacuations
Athens, GreeceReuters A wildfire which has been raging on the Greek island of Rhodes for five days forced hundreds of people to flee affected villages and beaches by land and sea on Saturday, authorities said. Coastguard vessels and more than 30 private boats evacuated at least 2,000 people, including tourists, from beaches close to the […]
War reporter’s death prompts Russian outrage over Ukraine’s alleged use of cluster bombs; Odesa attacks continue
Reuters A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow. In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a […]