A year after Greece’s worst train disaster, railway safety fears persist
Athens, Greece Reuters After 57 people were killed in Greece’s worst train disaster a year ago, the government promised to fix a system crumbling from decades of neglect. “Trains will resume operations with safety at the maximum possible level,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said weeks after the crash. People release 57 hot-air lanterns in front […]
Russia jails rights campaigner from Nobel prize-winning group
Moscow, Russia Reuters Veteran Russian rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday for “discrediting the armed forces” by protesting against the war in Ukraine and accusing President Vladimir Putin of leading a descent into fascism. Orlov, a leader of the rights group Memorial that won a share of the […]
Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King Jr’s dream
United States AP Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of his father’s dream during a memorial service in Atlanta. “You, my love, were born a King, beautifully sculpted with the physical traits […]
Tearful Zelenskiy honours top Ukrainian officials killed in helicopter crash
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior officials killed in a helicopter crash, a fresh blow to a nation already grieving its many war dead. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy and five other high-ranking ministry officials were killed on Wednesday when their French-made […]
South Korea begins probe into deadly Halloween crush
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Korean investigators combed footage on Monday from more than 50 state and private closed-circuit TV cameras as well as from social media looking for answers to how a surge in Halloween party-goers trapped in narrow alleys killed so many. As the country began a week of mourning, the death toll climbed […]
In echo of Cold War, Nobel Peace Prize goes to Ukraine, Russia, Belarus rights campaigners
Oslo, NorwayReuters Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War II. The award, the first peace prize since Russia’s 24th February invasion of Ukraine, […]
Mourners mark Princess Diana’s death in Paris, 25 years on
Paris, FranceReuters Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash. Blooms and pictures of Diana adorned the gold-leaf covered Flame of Liberty, a replica of the torch of the Statue of […]
Macron decries anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of Jewish deportations
Paris, FranceReuters French President Emmanuel Macron warned against anti-Semitism and historical revisionism on Sunday as he commemorated victims of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jewish families. On 16th to 17th July, 1942, around 13,000 people were taken to the Winter Velodrome, the Vel d’Hiv, in Paris before being […]
Thousands march in Bosnia in memory of Srebrenica massacre
Nezuk, Bosnia-Herzegovina AP Thousands of people joined a peace march on Friday through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The 100-kilometre march traces a route taken by men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group, which is made up primarily of Muslims, […]
Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown memorial slogan
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters A leading Hong Kong university on Saturday covered a painted slogan commemorating China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest instance of a public June 4 memorial being removed in China-ruled Hong Kong. A Reuters journalist saw about a dozen construction workers wearing yellow hard hats erect grey metal construction hoardings around a “martyrs slogan” painted […]