Human rights concerns grow over Ecuador prison riots – UN officials
Quito, Ecuador Reuters United Nations human rights officials are concerned about Ecuador’s prison violence crisis, they said on Thursday, after yet another riot at a Guayaquil jail left at least 13 inmates dead and more than 20 prisoners and police injured. Violence has plagued Ecuador’s prison system since early 2021, with close to 400 killed […]
Postcards: In an empty kitchen, Yemeni family struggles with hunger
KHALID ABDULLAH and ABDULRAHMAN AL-ANISI, of Reuters, report from Sana’a…
In the US, Episcopal priest becomes four-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion
United States RNS “A priest, a truck driver and a grandma walk into a game show.” It’s not the set-up to a joke, but rather to one of the five Jeopardy! episodes in which Rev David Sibley appeared last week. ‘Jeopardy!’ co-host Ken Jennings, left, and Rev David Sibley pose together on the set. PICTURE: Courtesy of Jeopardy! […]
“Little kids who were still sleeping” – Thailand mourns victims of mass killing
Na Klang, Thailand Reuters Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, clasped his hands together and bowed his […]
Gunmen in violent Mexican state kill 20, including town mayor
San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico Reuters A fight between two rival gangs in the violence-plagued south-western state of Guerrero left 20 dead, including a local mayor, and two more wounded, Mexican authorities said Thursday. Among those shot dead in San Miguel Totolapan’s town hall on Wednesday were Mayor Conrado Mendoza, his father and former Mayor Juan […]
Russian missile razes Ukraine apartment block, Putin’s generals face public backlash
Bakhmut/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile demolished an apartment block in a Ukrainian region that Moscow says it has annexed, killing at least three people, as discontent mounted within Russia about the handling of the war by the top brass. The missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia in the southern region of the same […]
Thailand massacre: ex-cop kills at 34, including 23 children, in knife and gun rampage
Updated: 8:10am, 7th October, 2022 (AEST) Bangkok, Thailand Reuters A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in north-east Thailand on Thursday, police said, before later shooting dead his wife and child at home and turning his weapon on himself. In one of the […]
Sydney records wettest year since 1858 as Australia braces for more floods
Sydney, Australia Reuters Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia’s east on Thursday, with more heavy downpours expected to fall over the next three days. With almost three months of 2022 still to go, Australia’s largest city has recorded 2,200 mm of rain in a year […]
Haiti’s PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water. Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal, creating dire shortages […]
Quick facts – How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
Oslo, Norway Reuters The winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on 7th October in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: Who can win? The prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, […]