Fire in Manila residential and warehouse building kills 16
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters A fire at a property used as a residence and warehouse killed 16 people and injured three in the Philippine capital on Thursday, fire authorities said. Rescuers and village officials stand in front of a burnt residential building after it was engulfed in a fire in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on […]
Trump pleads not guilty to Georgia election subversion, seeks separate trial
Reuters Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a Georgia criminal indictment accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and asked to be tried separately from some of his 18 co-defendants. Fulton County indicted Trump in August on 13 felony counts, including racketeering, for pressuring state officials to […]
With China on his mind, Pope visits tiny Catholic flock in Mongolia
Aboard the papal planeReuters Pope Francis headed to Mongolia on Thursday, a predominantly Buddhist country with just 1,450 Catholics which the Vatican hopes can act as a facilitator to improve difficult relations with China. Visiting places where Catholics are a minority is part of Francis’s policy of drawing attention to people and problems in what […]
Over 40 feared dead in east Congo after crackdown on anti-UN protest
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The death toll from an army crackdown on anti-United Nations demonstrations in east Congo on Wednesday is at least 40 people, roughly six times higher then the seven casualties initially reported, two military sources said on Thursday. Congo’s army violently dispersed a protest in the city of Goma against […]
Scores killed as fire guts run-down Johannesburg apartment block
Updated: 8:20am, 1st September, 2023 (AEST)Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters More than 70 people were killed overnight when a fire raged through a run-down, five-storey Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst such disasters in a city where poverty, household fires and homelessness are widespread. The building was gutted, blackened by soot and still smouldering on Thursday […]
China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves towards Hong Kong
Beijing, ChinaReuters China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph, headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in nearby Guangdong province. Chinese forecasters issued a typhoon red warning at 6am. China’s National Meteorological Center said Saola, currently located about […]
A Sustainable Life: Three ways to get your nature fix without a garden
In an article first published on The Conversation, EMMA WHITE, a visiting research fellow in environmental psychology at the University of Surrey, looks at how to connect with nature for those who don’t have a garden…
Mongolian woman eager to welcome Pope Francis keeps up tea-spilling tradition
Arvaikheer, Mongolia Reuters Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia’s grasslands, following an age-old tradition. But at the end of her daily morning ritual, the 71-year-old pauses for a brief Christian prayer and crosses herself across […]
Analysis – With Gabon, Africa’s coup wave shows little sign of stopping
Dakar, Senegal Reuters In an ornate chair, surrounded by expensive furniture and artefacts, Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo pleaded in a video on Wednesday for allies to “make noise” after a military takeover that threatens to end his family’s nearly 60 years in power. Noise may be all he gets. Gabon President Ali Bongo makes […]
In Japan, a third of today’s 18-year-old women may not have children – study
Tokyo, Japan Reuters About a third of 18-year-old women in Japan may never have children, a government institute said on Wednesday, in the latest data spelling an uphill battle to reverse a dwindling population in the world’s third-largest economy. The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research estimated in a report that 33.4 per […]