Biden urges Northern Ireland leaders to seize “incredible economic opportunity”
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKReuters US President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major US corporations were ready to invest in the region as he marked the 25th anniversary of peace in Belfast. Biden, who is fiercely proud of his Irish heritage, spent just […]
Biden arrives in Northern Ireland to mark peace deal anniversary
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters US President Joe Biden was welcomed to Northern Ireland by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday as he flew in for a brief visit to mark the 25th anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed. Biden, who is fiercely proud of his Irish heritage, will […]
Twenty-five years since Paris death, Princess Diana still captivates
London, UKReuters A quarter of a century after her death at the age of just 36, Princess Diana remains a source of fascination to people around the world and her fate still casts a shadow over the British royals. Diana was killed on 31st August, 1997, when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed […]
Hong Kong has “risen from the ashes”, China’s Xi says on rare visit
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and “risen from the ashes”, China’s President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its return to Chinese rule. After Xi began his first visit to the city since 2017, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Essay: Hong Kong’s handover 25 years on – why human rights eroded so dramatically in the past two years
As China prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British colonial rule, legal scholar ERIC YAN-HO LAI says – in an article first published on The Conversation – that human rights in Hong Kong have been significantly eroded…
Explainer: Hong Kong’s rocky political road since the 1997 handover
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Hong Kong on 1st July will mark its 25th anniversary under Chinese rule. The financial hub returned to China from Britain in 1997, with promises of wide-ranging freedoms and autonomy under “one country, two systems” governance. Critics, including some Western governments, say China has reneged on those promises in recent years under […]
Oklahoma bombing: 25 years ago, a prayer service gave hope to a shaken America
This month marked the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in which 168 people died. BOBBY ROSS, Jr, reports for AP, on the difference a prayer service made in the aftermath…
Quick facts – Rwanda remembers the 800,000 killed on 25th anniversary of genocide
Rwanda is marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people – one tenth of its population – were killed in 100 days of slaughter with a week of commemoration activities and 100 days of national mourning. Here are some facts about one of the darkest chapters in human history: Mass grave containing the […]
RWANDAN GENOCIDE: SURVIVORS TORMENTED BY HORRORS, 25 YEARS ON
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Rwanda…
ESSAY: OH, MY RWANDA
With the 25th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide being commemorated this week, Dr JOHN STEWARD, who worked as a peace and reconciliation consultant in the country in its aftermath, reflects on the progress made there since…