Texas woman who measures her life in eclipses about to see her 21st
Farmers Branch, Texas Reuters Leticia Ferrer is an “umbraphile” – literally, a shadow lover – but what it really means is that she is a chaser of eclipses. The 63-year-old Texas woman says she has traveled to all seven continents and even the oceans between them in pursuit of total solar eclipses, seeing every one […]
Denmark shuts down cannabis street in Christiania hippie enclave
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings. After tolerating the illegal sale of cannabis for more than 50 years in the former army barracks claimed by hippies […]
Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94
Detroit, US AP Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit who for decades was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labour and social justice, died Thursday. He was 94. Gumbleton’s death was announced by the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he was a clergyman for more than 50 years. A cause […]
Senegal’s new government has been appointed, PM Sonko says
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal has a new government with 25 ministers and five junior ministers, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said on Friday, following the President’s landslide election victory in March. The cabinet was approved by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, who was inaugurated on Tuesday and appointed Sonko, a key backer, as Prime Minister. Faye […]
Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban
Budapest, Hungary Reuters Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orban in downtown Budapest on Saturday, led by a lawyer formerly close to the administration who recently launched a political movement that aims to challenge the Prime Minister. Protesters marched to parliament in the unusually warm spring weather, some of them shouting “we […]
Israel-Hamas conflict: Six months into Gaza war, Israel faces deepening isolation
JAMES MACKENZIE and NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, report on the ongoing conflict in Gaza…
Explainer – Gaza war after six months, what are the issues now?
Reuters Six months since Hamas gunmen stormed into southern Israel on a killing spree, Israel’s ground campaign to annihilate the Islamist movement has turned much of the Gaza Strip into a wasteland with an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe. Mediators have been trying to organise the first extended truce of the war to rush in aid to feed the Palestinian territory’s […]
Mexico suspends relations with Ecuador after arrest of ex-VP
Quito, Ecuador/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, a request Mexico granted earlier on […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns of dwindling air defence missiles
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine could run out of air defence missiles if Russia keeps up its intense long-range bombing campaign, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned in remarks aired on Saturday. The Ukrainian leader’s starkest warning to date of the deteriorating situation faced by his country’s air defences follows weeks of Russian strikes on the energy system, […]
Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage, Egypt to host new truce talks
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel said on Saturday its special forces had recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza, as the Palestinian enclave’s dominant Islamist movement Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo. Almost six months into the war, Israel has faced […]