Philippines will not “lift a finger” to assist ICC’s drug war probe
Manila, Philippines Reuters The Philippine Government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into a brutal anti-narcotics campaign, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, said on Tuesday. “I consider it as a threat to our sovereignty. Therefore, the Philippine government will not lift a finger to help any investigation that the ICC conducts,” Marcos told […]
Families of jailed Cuban protesters file petition for their freedom
Havana, Cuba Reuters Family members of 34 prisoners in Cuba who were jailed following anti-government protests in July, 2021, have filed a petition with lawmakers seeking an amnesty for their loved ones. According to rights groups, some 1,000 people were jailed in the wake of the protests, the largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution. Some […]
UN racism rapporteur criticises France’s contested immigration bill
Paris, France Reuters A fiercely contested immigration bill violates France’s constitutional commitment to equality and liberty, the UN special rapporteur on racism said, amid nationwide protests against the legislation that is backed by far-right lawmakers. President Emmanuel Macron has made the bill a key plank of his second term but has been embarrassed by the […]
Death toll in China landslide rises to 11, rescuers still search for missing
Beijing, China Reuters The death toll from a landslide in China’s Yunnan province rose to 11 on Tuesday as rescue workers battled freezing temperatures and snow to locate dozens of missing people. Rescuers worked through the night sifting deep mounds of earth at the site of the landslide in Zhenxiong County, state-owned China Central Television […]
Ecuador police capture leader of Colombian dissident rebel group
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Ecuador’s police on Monday said they have captured the leader of Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra and that Ecuadorean authorities will return him to Colombia. News of the capture comes amid a military offensive launched by Ecuador’s government to combat criminal gangs. Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa gestures at a ceremony to deliver […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy hails diaspora’s support, proposes dual citizenship
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainians abroad on Monday for their support during Russia’s invasion, and proposed changing the constitution to allow dual citizenship. Ukraine’s constitution does not give Ukrainian citizens the right to dual citizenship, so millions of people of Ukrainian origin who live abroad are unable to hold Ukrainian passports. Ukrainian […]
US, British forces carry out new strikes in Yemen
Washington DC, US Reuters US and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes on Monday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentagon said. The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have […]
Bangladesh: Solar power surge set to unlock thousands of green jobs
Analysts say investing heavily in solar energy can bring cost-savings for industry – and create high-quality employment. MD TAHMID ZAMI, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas attack
Modiin, Israel Reuters Tami Varon needed a night out to laugh. With two of her sons just back from fighting Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, she joined some 400 others at a comedy show of visiting US comics in Israel to try to forget about the war for a while. For Varon and the […]
Essay: Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
PETER GRESTE, Professor of Journalism and Communications at Australia’s Macquarie University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the latest annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists…