India’s election enters fourth phase as rhetoric over religion, inequality sharpens
Hyderabad/Srinagar, India Reuters India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions, while soaring summer temperatures was a challenge for some voters. The world’s most populous nation began voting on 19th April in a seven-phase election in which […]
Spain’s Socialists hail “new era” in Catalonia as separatist support dims in elections
Barcelona, Spain Reuters Spain’s Socialists won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s Catalan elections, dealing a serious blow to more than a decade of separatist governance and the independence dreams still nursed by some in the wealthy north-eastern region. The Socialists, led locally by Salvador Illa, had 42 seats in the 135-seat chamber […]
Putin taps economist to run defence, replacing Shoigu in unexpected move
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine. More than two years into the conflict, which has cost both […]
Australian court lifts order blocking X on church stabbing video
Sydney, Australia Reuters An Australian court on Monday rejected a bid by the country’s cyber safety regulator to extend a temporary order for Elon Musk-owned X to block videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop, which authorities had called a terrorist attack. Federal Court judge Geoffrey Kennett said the application to extend the […]
Kidnapped Nigerian university students rescued
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian security forces have rescued students kidnapped from a university in northern Kogi state, along with other victims held by the abductors, the army and state government said on Sunday. Kogi information commissioner Kingsley Femi Fanwo said security forces were involved in a shootout with the armed gang that carried out Thursday’s […]
Georgian PM vows to pass ‘foreign agent’ bill next week after thousands protest
Tbilisi, Georgia Reuters Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with a law on “foreign agents” that has sparked a political crisis, after opponents of the bill rallied in one of the largest protests seen since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Kobakhidze told a televised briefing that the ruling […]
Floods kill 37 in Indonesia’s West Sumatra, 17 missing
Updated:12:30pm (AEST) Tanah Datar, Indonesia Reuters Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province killed at least 37 people this weekend while the search for 17 missing people is still ongoing, authorities said on Monday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening caused flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow, which is a mixture of […]
US universities: Amid surge of campus protests, chaplains find reason for hope in their students
The chaplains at Ivy League and other top schools say the students have learned about the concerns of other faiths, while finding ways to express their own. ELIZABETH E EVANS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Russian forces bear down on Ukraine border town in Kharkiv region
Near Vovchansk, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces attacking Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region reached the outskirts of the border town of Vovchansk, Kyiv’s troops said on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described heavy fighting there and in the east. Moscow troops smashed into the Kharkiv region on Friday, opening a northeastern front in the 27-month war that […]
Essay: The UN has a “list of shame” for those who harm children in war – but who is missing?
In an article first published on The Conversation, SAMANTHA HOLMES, a research associate at the University of New York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights, looks at the “glaring omissions” from the UN list…