Sight-Seeing: Don’t go into a relationship – or institution – thinking you can change them
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says she thought for a long time I could help the church change, a view she now sees as foolish and prideful…
UK PM Sunak reportedly said “just let people die”, COVID inquiry hears
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should “just let people die” during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday. Patrick Vallance, who was the government’s chief scientific adviser during COVID, made a note in his […]
Relatives of Gaza hostages say stop talk of execution for Hamas detainees
JerusalemReuters Relatives of some of the 240 people held by Hamas in Gaza urged far-right Israeli lawmakers on Monday not to pursue proposed capital punishment for captured Palestinian militants, saying that even talk of doing so might endanger the hostages. A number of suspected gunmen were detained after members of the armed Islamist faction breached […]
Argentines hopeful, nervous over “leap into the void” with Milei
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentines expressed a mixture of ecstasy and trepidation on Monday after libertarian outsider Javier Milei, pledging radical fixes to the economy, swept to power with an election win over Peronist government rival Sergio Massa. Milei, who will take office on 10th December, marks a major direction change for Argentina, which is […]
Ethnic fighting kills 32 in disputed region straddling Sudan, South Sudan
Juba, South SudanReuters Attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend, a local official said on Monday. Deadly violence is common in the oil-rich Abyei region, where Twic Dinka from South Sudan’s neighbouring Warrap State are […]
US defence chief Austin visits Kyiv, announces more military aid
Kyiv, UkraineReuters US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin announced $US100 million in new military aid to Ukraine during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging long-term American support amid growing concerns about the sustainability of vital US assistance. Austin announced the aid package after a day of meetings with Ukrainian officials, with the latest […]
Premature Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt as Israeli tanks encircle second hospital
Gaza/JerusalemReuters Twenty-eight prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday, while Palestinian authorities and the WHO said 12 people were killed at another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks. The newborns had been in north Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital, where several others died after their incubators […]
East Ukraine’s Kharkiv builds underground schools as Russia keeps up attacks
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Faced with the constant threat of Russian air strikes, officials in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region have begun building heavily fortified underground schools that will allow children to safely return to in-person studies as Moscow’s invasion grinds on. Schools in the region of around 2.5 million people, which borders Russia, were forced into […]
With mapping robots and blast gel, Israel wages war on Hamas tunnels
Zeelim Ground Forces Base, Israel Reuters After locating what they described as the entrance to a Hamas tunnel under an evacuated hospital in northern Gaza, Israeli army engineers filled the passage with exploding gel and hit the detonator. The blast engulfed the building and sent smoke spewing out of at least three points along a […]
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
Reuters Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted the cause of mental health, died on Sunday at age 96, the Carter Center said. Rosalynn Carter, who in recent days had entered hospice care […]