Postcards: Merged Southern congregation sets an example for racial unity
ARON RANEN, of Associated Press, reports from Kannapolis, North Carolina…
Trump, Pence speak at global forum held by South Korean church
Seoul, South Korea AP Former US President Donald Trump has criticised the Biden administration over its handling of North Korea, at a church-led event in South Korea that included as a guest speaker former Vice-President Mike Pence. Several former leaders and top officials participated virtually or in-person at the weekend event in Seoul organised by […]
Faith leaders join Afghan-Australians, veterans in call for Australian Government to accept more Afghan refugees
Sydney, Australia The Australian Government has told refugee advocates it will “think about” increasing the number of Afghan refugees it settles after pulling out of the country from a 20-year military engagement last year. A delegation of faith leaders, veterans and advocates on Monday said Immigration Minister Alex Hawke told them the government was “actively […]
Updated: Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers in bid to end protests
Updated: 10.30am (AEDT) Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday he will activate rarely used emergency powers, including cutting off financing, to end protests that have shut some border crossings and paralysed parts of the capital. The government, saying the protests were damaging the economy and Canada’s reputation as a reliable […]
Two protesters killed as thousands rally against Sudan coup – medics
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters At least two protesters were shot dead as security forces confronted crowds marching in Sudan on Monday demanding the release of prisoners and an end to military rule, medics and a Reuters reporter said. Thousands returned to the streets in the capital Khartoum and across Sudan, in some of the biggest demonstrations […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy declares day of unity; Ambassador says Ukraine open to Vatican mediation
Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called in his country to fly Ukrainian flags from buildings and sing the national anthem in unison on 16th February, the date that some Western media have cited as a possible start of a Russian invasion. Ukrainian officials stressed that Zelenskiy was not predicting an attack on […]
New Zealand’s Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests ‘imported’ as crowds defy calls to leave
Wellington, New Zealand Reuters New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate now entering their second week were an “imported” phenomenon, and nothing like anything she had seen before in the country. Hundreds of protesters continue to occupy lawns in front of the distinctive ‘Beehive’ parliament […]
Explainer – 9/11 families lay claim to Afghanistan’s frozen billions
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation As the Taliban demand the release of billions of dollars in Afghan assets frozen overseas, another group of people is laying claim to the money – families of the victims of the 11th September, 2001 airplane attacks in the United States. The hardline Islamist movement, which returned to power last […]
On the Screen: Hercule Poirot returns in an underwhelming ‘Death on the Nile’
DAVID ADAMS watches the Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Death on the Nile’…
Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir
Concello de Lobios, Spain Reuters A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins. With the reservoir at 15 per cent of its capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain’s north-western Galicia […]