Ukraine eyes global peace summit this year, says deputy foreign minister
Reuters Ukraine aims to hold a global “peace summit” of world leaders this year, Deputy Minister Mykola Tochytskyi said on Sunday after international representatives met in Malta over the weekend to discuss Kyiv’s peace formula for its war with Russia. “This aim remains necessary and possible…it has been demonstrated that there is interest in this,” […]
Sight-Seeing: Loving your enemies in a world out for revenge
MEREDITH BENSON, of Baptist World Aid Australia, wonders how can we hear the radical call of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, in a world so committed to conflict?…
Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after a mass shooting left 18 people dead
Lewiston, Maine, USAP Church bells rang Sunday as Maine residents gathered to pray, reflect and support one another following a traumatic week in which a fellow Mainer gunned down 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history. Rev Daniel Greenleaf opened worship at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston with a moment […]
South Korean night-life district mourns dead a year after Halloween crush
Seoul, South KoreaReuters A year after 159 Halloween revellers were killed in a crowd crush in South Korea, the capital’s night-life district of Itaewon was quiet on Saturday, the area’s usual festivities replaced by mourning for those died. In the days before Halloween, seasonal decorations normally adorn the alleys that house the district’s hottest nightclubs […]
Death toll rises to 45 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh coal mine fire
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters The death toll from a fire at a coal mine in Kazakhstan owned by ArcelorMittal rose to 45 on Sunday, with emergency teams engaged in an operation to find one remaining miner believed to have been underground, emergency service officials were quoted as saying. On Saturday, operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of […]
Mexico throws troops, aid into Acapulco as hurricane death toll rises
Acapulco, Mexico Reuters Mexico’s government on Sunday intensified efforts to get the stricken coastal city of Acapulco back on its feet as the toll of dead and missing from a record-breaking hurricane that ravaged the iconic beach resort continued to rise. Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco as a Category 5 storm on Wednesday, wrecking homes, hotels and […]
Israel shows images of tanks in Gaza as war on Hamas militants deepens
Jerusalem/Gaza Reuters Israel signalled intent to encircle Gaza’s main city on Sunday, publishing pictures of battle tanks on the Palestinian enclave’s western coast 48 hours after ordering expanded ground incursions across its eastern border. Israel’s self-declared “second phase” of a three-week war against Iranian-backed Hamas militants had initially been kept from public view, with forces […]
Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters One police officer was killed in Bangladesh on Saturday and over 100 people injured during an opposition party protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted when tens of thousands […]
Hepatitis outbreak closes schools, sends scores to hospital in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia
Reuters Schools will move to an online regime starting Monday in Ukraine’s central city of Vinnytsia after a Hepatitis A outbreak sent scores of children and adults to the hospital, the country’s chief sanitary official said over the weekend. “The main thing now is to establish the centre of the outbreak and the causes in […]
Mexico’s Acapulco ravaged by looting after Hurricane Otis
Acapulco, MexicoReuters Looting ravaged the Mexican city of Acapulco after the iconic beach resort was hammered this week by Hurricane Otis, a record-breaking storm that killed at least 27 people and left thousands of residents struggling to get food and water. Otis pounded Acapulco with winds of 266 kph early on Wednesday, flooding the city, […]