Cameroon launches malaria vaccination program in global milestone
Reuters The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease that is projected to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across Africa. Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British […]
Dozens missing in landslide in south-west China’s Yunnan province
Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT) Beijing, China Reuters A landslide in China’s Yunnan province killed two people on Monday with dozens missing as rescue operations are underway in snowy sub-zero weather. At least 47 people from 18 households were missing, state-owned China Central Television reported. Two of the missing people had been found dead in early Monday […]
Russia suspends operations at fuel export terminal after suspected Ukrainian drone attack
Reuters Russian energy company Novatek said on Sunday it had been forced to suspend some operations at a huge Baltic Sea fuel export terminal due to a fire started by what Ukrainian media said was a drone attack. The giant Ust-Luga complex, located on the Gulf of Finland about 170 kilometres west of St Petersburg, […]
At least 12 dead in suspected attempt to rescue son of Mexican cartel hitman
Mexico City Reuters At least 12 suspected criminals were killed on a highway near Hermosillo in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, a state official said Sunday, in what authorities called a foiled attempt to rescue the son of a cartel hitman. Another seven escaped and some are probably wounded, the Sonora’s State Attorney’s office […]
Bereaved family members plant trees in Israeli memorial for festival dead
Jerusalem Reuters Some of the bereaved families whose loved ones were killed in a Hamas rampage at the Nova music festival joined an Israeli Jewish nature project group on Sunday for a special tree-planting event at the site. The family of Liraz Assulin, 38, who fled from the Nova festival and was killed during the […]
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against right-wing extremism in Germany
Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany Reuters Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across towns and cities in Germany this weekend as the country enters a second week of nationwide protests against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Demonstrations have gained momentum after reports emerged from investigative news website Correctiv of a meeting of […]
The Interview: William Barber on recruiting low-wage voters, Biden’s record on poverty
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks to the Disciples of Christ pastor and civil rights organiser about how a new campaign is building on Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr,’s legacy and Jesus’ ministry and what he’s looking to hear from Biden going into 2024…
Cuban soup kitchen sees soaring demand as economic crisis deepens
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuban Elda William, a 60-year old former psychologist, had been making ends meet selling cellphone plans – until a sewage pipe at her home office burst, putting off prospective clients. No-one has come to fix it and her income dried up, leaving her with little choice but to turn to Quisicuaba, a […]
Essay: Japan is now the fifth country to land on the Moon – the technology used will lend itself to future lunar missions
International affairs scholar MARIEL BOROWTIZ, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at Japan’s achievement…
Postcards: Ethiopians celebrate “Timket” festival that marks Jesus’ baptism
DAWIT ENDESHAW, of Reuters, reports from Addis Ababa…