Scottish Government seeks independence vote in October, 2023
London, UK Reuters Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced plans on Tuesday for a second referendum to be held on Scottish independence in October next year, vowing to take legal action to ensure a vote if the British Government tried to block it. Sturgeon spoke as the Scottish Government, which is led by her pro-independence […]
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of being a “terrorist state”
Kremenchuk, Ukraine Reuters Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor reported another “enemy attack” further east. The attack in the central city of Kremenchuk and the reported strike in the […]
Philippines Supreme Court rejects last bid to thwart incoming president Marcos
Manila, Philippines Reuters The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a final bid to disqualify President-elect Ferdinand Marcos from last month’s election, local media reported, clearing the way for his inauguration later this week. Marcos, 64, the son and namesake of Philippines’ notorious late dictator who ruled for two decades, won the May 9 election […]
Updated: “Stacks of bodies” – 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas
Updated: 5pm (AEST) Reuters The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the US-Mexico border. A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of bodies” and no signs of […]
Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national election in which prices, including the […]
“Not worth the risk”: Palau, Fiji call for deep-sea mining moratorium
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Concerned about the potential impacts of deep-sea mining on ocean biodiversity, the Pacific islands of Palau and Fiji on Monday launched an “alliance” to call for a moratorium of the nascent industry. The backing of a moratorium comes amid a wave of global interest in deep-sea mining but also growing pressure from […]
In the US, lawsuit against McLean Bible, David Platt dismissed
RNS A year-long legal battle over a contested election at a prominent Washington, DC-area church appears to be over for now. On Friday, a Fairfax County, Virginia, judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by dissident members of McLean Bible Church who sought to overturn the results of an election for church leaders, known as elders. Those […]
Updated: Russian missile strike kills 16 in shopping mall, Ukraine says
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST) Kremenchuk, Ukraine Reuters Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 59, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1,000 people were in the mall at the time of the attack, which witnesses said […]
“It was hell”, survivors say of Russian missile strike on busy mall in Ukraine
Kremenchuk, Ukraine Reuters In a central Ukrainian intensive-care ward, five people are crammed into a room, their wounds bound up in bloodied bandages. A dead body lies on a stretcher outside, covered in a blanket. This is the aftermath of a missile strike on a busy shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk on Monday, […]
Reaching out: Documentary follows Rev James Martin ‘Building a Bridge’ to LGBTQ Catholics
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on a new documentary featuring Catholic priest James Martin’s ministry to LGBTQ Catholics…