Maui’s displaced grow restless as search for fire victims drags on
Kahului, Hawaii, USReuters A week after a ferocious wildfire ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina, anxious residents were still awaiting news of hundreds of missing loved ones on Tuesday, as teams with cadaver dogs conducted a painstaking block-by-block search of the ashes. Local, state and federal rescue workers have urged patience. The teams were […]
Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine, far from front lines
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering NATO member Poland and other areas on Tuesday, killing three people in a factory and wounding more than a dozen, Ukrainian officials said. Local media said the attacks were the largest air assault on the Lviv region since the Russian invasion in […]
UN chief says “robust use of force” needed against Haiti’s gangs
United NationsReuters A “robust use of force” by a multi-national police deployment and use of military assets is needed to restore law and order in Haiti and disarm gangs, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Haiti last year asked for international help to combat violent […]
Sudan “spiralling out of control” as one million flee country – UN
Reuters More than a million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the capital […]
Maui search is 25 per cent complete as death toll from wildfires grows to 99
Kahului, Hawaii Reuters Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25 per cent of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim on Monday, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. Fueled by winds gusting up to 128 kph, an […]
Ships backed up in Black Sea lanes as Russia warning shots raise tensions
London, UKReuters Merchant ships remained backed up in lanes around the Black Sea on Monday as ports struggled to clear backlogs amid growing unease among insurers and shipping companies a day after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo vessel. Russia said its Vasily Bykov patrol ship on Sunday fired on the Palau-flagged […]
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Argentina’s Milei scores big in provinces, including Kirchner stronghold
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentina’s shock primary election leader Javier Milei, a radical libertarian economist, scored the largest share of the national vote with big wins in the provinces, breaking in some places decades of Peronist party domination. Milei took 30 per cent of the national vote, ahead of the main conservative opposition bloc Together for […]
Georgia charges Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case
Updated: 2:45pm (AEST)Reuters Former US President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges on Monday when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, add to the […]
Global conservation mission sets sail from UK in Darwin’s wake
London, UKReuters Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin’s voyage around the world, environmentalists plan to follow in his footsteps by undertaking a two-year journey across four continents to study endemic wildlife and boost conservation. The group will set sail on board a 105-year-old schooner on Tuesday from the southern English port of Plymouth, from where […]