Amid ongoing US university campus protests, Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters
New York City, US Reuters Columbia’s embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a university oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest, saying the decision ran “contrary to the norms and traditions” of the Ivy League school. President Nemat Minouche Shafik has faced an outcry from many […]
King Charles III to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis
London, UK Reuters Britain’s King Charles III will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period of recuperation, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. In February, the palace revealed that the 75-year-old King had been diagnosed with an unspecified […]
Colombia’s Chiribiquete park to receive $US1 million annually for at least 30 years
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Colombia’s parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete National Park with $US1 million each year for at least 30 years. Chiribiquete, Colombia’s largest national park, is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The fund will pay toward the […]
UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel’s military campaign against Gaza’s ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has reduced much of the narrow, coastal territory of 2.3 million […]
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage
Reuters Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the US-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. In the report based on its own investigation, the watchdog said that the West […]
Migrant stories: African disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea
NGOUDA DIONE and ZOHRA BENSEMRA, of Reuters, report from Senegal on Birane Mbaye’s story…
Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis will attend this year’s Group of Seven leaders’ summit to discuss the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The Pope this year warned against the “perverse” dangers of AI and renewed a call for worldwide regulations to harness it for the common good. […]
Gazans mourn baby who dies after rescue from dead mother’s womb
Rafah, Gaza Reuters Relatives gathered by a tiny sandy grave in Gaza on Friday, where they had buried a baby girl, who lived just a few days after doctors delivered her from the womb of her dying mother following an Israeli airstrike. The baby had been given the names Sabreen, after her dead mother, and […]
India election sees turnout fall in second phase as Modi and Gandhi trade barbs
Bengalaru/Noida, India Reuters India held the second phase of the world’s biggest election on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals hurling accusations of religious discrimination and threats to democracy amid flagging voter turnout. Almost one billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on 19th April and […]
Let us press on with UK migrant plan, Rwanda tells critics
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s government said on Friday it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way and urged “shouting” critics of the deportation plan to now let both nations proceed. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expects first flights to leave in 10 to 12 weeks after parliament passed legislation […]