Postcards: “Our whole life depends on water” – how climate change, pollution and dams are threatening Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU and THAIER AL-SUDANI, of Reuters, report on the plight of those living in the Chebayesh Marshes in southern Iraq…
NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Reuters NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system’s outer planets. The space probe, dubbed Lucy and packed inside a special cargo capsule, lifted off on schedule from Cape Canaveral Air […]
France’s Macron calls 1961 massacre of Algerians an “unforgivable crime”
Paris, France Reuters Emmanuel Macron on Saturday denounced as an “unforgivable crime” a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago, the strongest recognition by a French president of a massacre in which many bodies were thrown into the River Seine. On 17th October, 1961, under the orders of then Paris […]
Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch says judges must be left to work
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Lebanon’s top Christian cleric, Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, said on Sunday that the judiciary should be free of political interference and sectarian “activism” amid tensions over a probe into last year’s blast at Beirut port. The Maronite Patriarch also said it was unacceptable for anyone to resort to threats or violence. In Lebanon’s […]
Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, following Amess stabbing
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday condemned recent attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, in an apparent reference to the stabbing death of parliamentarian David Amess. “Last week, various attacks were carried out, for example, Norway, Afghanistan, England, which caused many dead and wounded,” he said at his weekly blessing in St Peter’s Square. […]
Updated: Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries in Haiti
Updated: 7.30am (AEDT) Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a US-based organisation. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped. The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group – which also included some elderly people – in Ganthier, a […]
Celebrity chef’s group feeds the hungry on Spain’s eruption-hit La Palma
La Palma, Spain Reuters Working in close proximity to the red-hot lava flowing from a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, emergency workers anxiously await their lunch break – and while any food would do, it tastes better when it comes from a celebrity chef’s kitchen. Chef Jose Andres’ non-profit World Central Kitchen […]
In Taiwan tea country, a scramble to adapt to extreme weather
Meishan/Taoyuan, Taiwan Reuters Chien Shun-yih looks out over his withering tea fields in Taiwan’s picturesque southern Meishan township and lets out a sigh. A once-in-a-century drought last year followed by torrential rain this year have decimated his crop and left Taiwan’s tea farmers scrambling to adapt to the extreme weather changes. “Climate is the thing […]
Panama searches mass graves for victims of 1989 US invasion
Panama City, Panama Reuters Several bags with human remains have been exhumed from a mass grave in Panama amid searches for the victims of the US invasion of Panama in 1989, officials said this week. The military operation took the lives of some 300 civilians and marked the end of the dictatorship of General Manuel […]
“God have mercy”: Tigray residents describe life under siege
CARA ANNA, of Associated Press, reports on life inside a war zone…