Postcards: Argentina’s young electorate faces a one-in-a-generation vote
MAGALI DRUSCOVICH and LUCILA SIGAL, of Reuters, speak with young people in Argentina ahead of this weekend’s election…
Swedish, Belgian leaders pay tribute to Brussels attack victims
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo paid tribute in Brussels on Wednesday to the victims of Monday’s attack by a gunman in which two Swedish football fans died and one was injured. Kristersson said on Tuesday that the attack in the Belgian capital by a 45-year rejected […]
Participants at Vatican synod divided on how to respond to war in the Holy Land
Vatican CityRNS While little news has emerged about the discussions on the Catholic Church’s future going on at the Synod on Synodality here, those sequestered in the synod’s meeting halls have made no secret of their concerns about the violence unfolding in the Holy Land. But though the consciences of the prelates, priests and laypeople […]
Egypt’s Sisi rejects transfer of Gazans, discusses aid with Biden
Cairo, EgyptReuters President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian peninsula into a base for attacks against Israel. Later, following a phone call between Sisi and US President Joe Biden, a White House […]
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF advances, seeks to cement control
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The paramilitaries fighting the Sudanese army over the past six months have advanced and sought to consolidate their reach in the capital in recent weeks, eyewitnesses told Reuters. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted on 15th April over tensions linked to a planned transition to civilian […]
Brazil congressional probe calls for Bolsonaro to face criminal charges
Brasilia, BrazilReuters A Brazil congressional probe into the 8th January insurrection by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters on Wednesday recommended that the far-right former President and some of his closest allies be charged with an attempted coup d’état and other crimes. After months of hearing witnesses and probing the events surrounding the invasion of government […]
Ten civilians killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv reports progress in south
Updated: 11:30am (AEDT)Zaporizhzhia,, Ukraine Reuters Russian attacks overnight and on Wednesday killed at least 10 civilians in Ukraine, while senior Ukrainian military officials said their troops had made some headway in counter-offensive operations in the southern theatre. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said the death toll had risen to five from four […]
US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
United NationsReuters The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip. The vote on the Brazilian-drafted text was twice delayed in the last couple of days as […]
Biden vows aid for Gaza, Israel as protests rock Middle East
Updated: 8:30am, 19th October, 2023Gaza/Tel Aviv, IsraelReuters US President Joe Biden pledged to help Israel and the Palestinians during a lightning visit on Wednesday, but a deadly hospital blast that he ascribed to an errant rocket fired by Gaza militants derailed talks to prevent the war spreading. Raising fears of wider instability, protesters staged anti-Israeli […]
Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China’s “theft” of intellectual property
Stanford, California, USReuters The Five Eyes countries’ intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft and using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the nations, in a rare joint statement by the allies. The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – known as the […]