Israel’s government faces pressure as hostage families march on Jerusalem seeking answers
JerusalemReuters The families of Israeli hostages and thousands of their supporters arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday at the end of a five-day march to confront the government over the plight of those taken captive by Hamas in Gaza. An estimated 20,000 marchers, including well-wishers who joined the procession along the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, want […]
Biggest protest in Spain against Catalan amnesty law draws 170,000
Madrid, SpainReuters About 170,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law which Spain’s Socialists agreed over Catalonia’s 2017 separatist bid in order to form a government. The demonstration, the latest in a series of protests in cities across the country against the amnesty, took place two days […]
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as offensive against Hamas set to widen
Khan Younis, Gaza/JerusalemReuters Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 47 people on Saturday, medics said, while the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency said scores more had been killed and wounded at a school in the north sheltering displaced civilians. The latest bloodshed came after Israel again warned civilians to relocate […]
US, UK, Norway condemn escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur – statement
Washington DC, USReuters The United States, United Kingdom and Norway on Friday condemned escalating violence and human rights abuses in Sudan, especially in the Darfur region, the three countries said in a statement. The countries cited attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary force drawn largely from Arab groups and allied Arab militias known as […]
EU reaches deal to stop sending waste to countries that can’t process it
Paris, FranceReuters European Union lawmakers and member states have reached a deal to revise the bloc’s waste shipment regulation and end exports of certain types of waste to third countries unable to process it properly, the EU Parliament said on Friday. Trash is pictured following heavy rainfalls in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on 15th July, 2021. […]
Myanmar military, insurgents battle over port town
Reuters Myanmar’s military has launched attacks from the air and the sea to recapture a port town on the Bay of Bengal, an opposition alliance said on Friday, as junta forces face the fiercest offensive from their enemies in years. The military, which seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, is battling […]
Rio’s iconic Christ statue welcomes Taylor Swift with open arms thanks to Swifties and a priest
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAP Welcome to Brazil, Taylor Swift, it’s been waiting for you. As her sweep of Rio de Janeiro shows got underway this week, the pop superstar and her legions of devoted fans were greeted by the wide-open arms of the world’s most-famous Christ statue, sporting a projected image of a Swift-inspired T-shirt. The […]
Bus passengers use rope to pull themselves to safety as floods hit Kenya’s Mombasa
Mombasa, KenyaReuters Heavy rains pounded the streets of Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, with some passengers evacuated from a flooded bus by holding on to a rope amid chest-high water. A man wades through flood waters along a street following heavy rains in Kisauni district of Mombasa, Kenya, on 17th November, 2023. PICTRE: Reuters/Stringer Others […]
Liberia President George Weah concedes election defeat to Joseph Boakai
Monrovia, LiberiaReuters Liberia President George Weah on Friday conceded election defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight race, ending a presidency marred by graft allegations but helping to ensure a smooth transition of power in the once volatile African nation. Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 […]
Bringing nature back: Guatemala’s farmers take on cowboys in push to restore Maya forest
Guatemala’s Maya forest reserve is under threat from cattle ranching but farmers are fighting back by planting trees and protecting wildlife. ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…