Attack in Kabul kills 18; al-Qaeda leader killed in Ghazni
Kabul, Afghanistan AP The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. Afghan security officials separately announced on Saturday that a senior al-Qaeda commander had been killed in a recent operation in the country’s east. An […]
Asia becomes second region to exceed 10 million coronavirus cases
Reuters Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slowdown and sharp declines elsewhere. Behind only Latin America, Asia accounts for about one-fourth of the global caseload of 42.1 million of […]
Australia urged to offer migration safety valve as climate pressures Pacific
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation As climate change drives more disasters and displacement in the Pacific islands, Australia should relax its immigration policies to allow easier movement of people that would shore up regional security and support its economy, researchers said. Allowing threatened islanders more opportunities to live and work in Australia, when necessary, could […]
Fiasco over Pope’s cut civil union quote intensifies impact
Rome, Italy AP The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis’ glory days travelling the world to bless the oppressed. But the red carpet rollout of Francesco has been anything […]
Can the United Nations protect human rights in the age of COVID-19?
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Defending human rights, a key mission of the United Nations, it seems, has never been harder. A global pandemic has deepened inequality, pushed millions out of work and seen governments enforce restrictions on people’s movement and ramp up surveillance. Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech […]
“Moral responsibility”: A decade after UN-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on Haitians’ fight for compensation from the UN in the wake of a cholera outbreak…
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as “non-denominational Christian”
Washington DC, US RNS In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, US President Donald Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian. “Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a […]
Media report says Pope met COVID-19 infected bishop at Vatican
Canberra, Australia AP Pope Francis has been warned of potential exposure to COVID-19 after a Vatican diplomat was infected, Australian media reported on Friday. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the Holy See’s ambassador to Australia, had a face-to-face meeting with Francis at the Vatican on 6th October, less than two weeks before testing positive to COVID-19 […]