This Life: The God who speaks through us
CHARISSA CHEONG reflects on our call to share God’s Word with others…
Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius
Yakutsk, Russia Reuters Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius. Yakutsk, one of the world’s coldest cities which lies some 5,000 kilometres east of Moscow, was covered in freezing clouds and fog, drone footage showed. Pedestrians walk along a street on […]
Gaza families flee again to shrinking, overcrowded pocket of land
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Reuters Fearful of being killed in an Israeli bombardment, families in Gaza were packing up and fleeing on Tuesday, heading for a pocket of land further south already crammed with displaced people without enough food, water or toilets. Some were fleeing for the third or fourth time in less than two […]
Indonesia’s Marapi volcano eruption leaves 22 dead; one still missing
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters The death toll from Indonesia’s Marapi volcano eruption jumped to 22 on Tuesday as rescuers found more climbers who had perished near the crater, the head of the West Sumatra rescue agency said on Tuesday, up from 13 earlier in the day. About 200 rescuers will resume search operations on Wednesday for one […]
El Salvador experiencing “alarming regression” on human rights – report
San Salvador, El SalvadorReuters El Salvador has seen “an alarming regression” of human rights protections during President Nayib Bukele’s government, a trend that has intensified under a sweeping anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International said in a report published on Tuesday. Bukele has enjoyed widespread popularity since taking office in 2019, due in part to a state […]
Cyclone Michaung hits India’s south after 13 killed in floods, rain
Bhubaneswar, India Reuters Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds, its arrival preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage. Tall waves crashed into southern coastal towns over the last two days as the cyclone approached, submerging entire villages and […]
Israeli forces storm Khan Younis in south Gaza, killing scores of Palestinians
GazaReuters Israeli forces stormed southern Gaza’s main city on Tuesday in what they called the most intense day of combat in five weeks of ground operations against Hamas militants, and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded. In what appeared to be the biggest ground assault in Gaza since a truce […]
Experts say they warned of dangers of climbing Indonesia’s Mount Marapi after 13 die in eruption
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters Indonesia’s volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country’s active Marapi volcano, the organisation’s chief said, days after the peak erupted and killed 13 climbers, with 10 still missing on Tuesday. The 2,891-metre high volcano in West Sumatra erupted on Sunday, spewing gray clouds of ash […]
New Zealanders gather across country to protest new policies
Wellington, New Zealand Reuters Thousands of protesters gathered in New Zealand’s city squares, motorway over-bridges and in front of the country’s parliament on Tuesday to protest the new government’s policies that they believe are racist. The protest action was called for by political party Te Pati Maori and coincides with the opening of New Zealand’s […]
War risk insurance rates edge up after surge in Red Sea ship attacks
London, UKReuters War risk insurance premiums edged up for Red Sea voyages after three vessels were attacked in the area on Sunday and fears grow over worsening perils for commercial shipping, maritime and insurance sources said on Monday. The incidents are the latest in a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters since a brutal […]