Thousands march in Colombia to protest government reforms
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Thousands of people marched through Colombia’s biggest cities on Wednesday to protest political, economic and social reforms backed by President Gustavo Petro, as well as to demand action against deteriorating security. Leftist Petro was elected in 2022 on ambitious promises to fight poverty and inequality, and end Colombia’s six decades of internal […]
Digitising heritage: Tuvalu preserves history online as rising seas threaten existence
Tuvalu is among nations digitising heritage in the face of climate impacts, but there are concerns around cost, access and control. RINA CHANDRAN and MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Famine looms in Gaza – how will the world know it has arrived?
United Nations Reuters The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is “almost inevitable” without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived in the coastal enclave of 2.3 million people could come next week. Palestinians with children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food […]
Essay: Americans accept people of other faiths, but there’s room to grow
In an article first published on Religion News Service, CHRIS WALSH, director of global policy at the George W Bush Institute, and WILLIAM MCKENZIE, a senior editorial adviser at the institute, say that as members of a pluralistic society we are called to meet, discuss and even disagree about faith…
Postcards: A new Holocaust Museum shows how three-quarters of Dutch Jews were deported and killed
AP reports ahead of the official opening of the Netherlands’ new National Holocaust Museum on Sunday…
Panel blames Israeli neglect for 2021 crowd disaster, implicates Netanyahu
Jerusalem Reuters An Israeli commission of inquiry said on Wednesday that years of neglect at the top levels of government led to the death of 45 people at an overcrowded religious festival in 2021, directly implicating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the disaster. The panel determined that Netanyahu shared in the responsibility for the deadly […]
Farmers threaten to bring Poland to a halt after police clashes
Warsaw, Poland Reuters Tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters warned on Wednesday they would bring Poland to a standstill, after violent clashes with police outside the country’s parliament in Warsaw. The protesters had gathered at the Prime Minister’s office in the Polish capital, burning tyres and throwing firecrackers as they demanded a halt […]
Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch
Charleston, South Carolina Reuters Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will be the party’s candidate in a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s election. Haley, the former South Carolina governor and Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, bowed out a day […]
US pushes for Haiti political transition as gang leader warns of “civil war”
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters The United States said on Wednesday it was calling on Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry to expedite a political transition as armed gangs seek his ouster amid a collapse in security and a humanitarian crisis. Henry, Haiti’s unelected interim leader, has been in the US territory of Puerto Rico since Tuesday, apparently […]
Russia hits Ukraine’s port of Odesa during Zelenskiy and Greek PM visit
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday when a Russian missile hit the infrastructure, close enough for leaders to see the strike. “It seems to me that we have not only heard, we have seen this strike today,” Zelenskiy […]