More than half of Australians oppose Indigenous panel in constitution, poll shows
Sydney, AustraliaReuters More than half of Australians would reject the inclusion of an Indigenous advisory panel in the constitution, a newspaper poll showed on Monday, as the government struggles to lift support for the landmark proposal ahead of a vote in about six weeks. The latest newspoll conducted for The Australian newspaper showed support for […]
Johannesburg fire: Life inside the ‘hijacked’ building where scores burned alive
TIM COCKS and CARIEN DU PLESSIS, of Reuters, report in the wake of last week’s devastating fire in Johannesburg…
Eighty years on, Italian victims of Nazi crimes finally to get compensation
Fornelli, Italy Reuters In October, 1943, after the Nazis began a brutal occupation of their former ally, German troops hanged six Italian civilians on a hillside in southern Italy as collective punishment for the killing of a soldier, who had been foraging for food. Eighty years later, some of the relatives of the men put […]
Essay: Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up
In an article first published on The Conversation, professor of astronomy CHRIS IMPEY says the problem of space junk is only set to grow…
This Life: Receiving love when you are downcast
CHARISSA CHEONG looks at the importance, when we’re feeling down, of coming into God’s presence…
Mission accomplished, India puts Moon rover to “sleep”
New Delhi, India Reuters India switched off its Moon rover, the first craft to reach the lunar south pole, after it completed its two-week assignment conducting experiments, the country’s space agency said. The Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was “set into Sleep mode” but with batteries charged and receiver on, the Indian Space Research […]
Sudan’s army launches strikes to cut off paramilitary’s supply routes
Reuters The Sudanese army staged a large scale attack on its paramilitary rival’s supply routes on Sunday, eyewitnesses said, as its leader appeared to reject a negotiated solution. The almost five-month war since 15th April has devastated Sudan, worsening hunger, destroying infrastructure, and killing hundreds of civilians. The army sent volleys of air strikes into […]