Sudan protesters face tear gas, stun grenades on uprising anniversary
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Sudanese security forces used stun grenades and tear gas on Monday to disperse crowds of protesters rallying in Khartoum on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir, a Reuters reporter said. The protests in the capital come two weeks after the military leaders who staged a coup […]
Wow!: Kenyans turn to tradition to tackle rising heat
KAGONDU NJAGI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how communities in Kenya are reverting to thatched roofs to stay cool amid worsening heatwaves fuelled by climate change…
In the US, William Barber launches new centre at Yale, will retire from church
United States RNS Yale Divinity School is launching a new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, an advocacy-focused body to be led by prominent pastor and activist Rev William Barber II. “The goal of this centre will be to prepare a new generation – what we call moral fusion leaders – that are going […]
Hostage talks start after Pakistani Taliban militants seize interrogators
Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani authorities on Monday opened talks to try to resolve a stand-off with Islamist militants who were holding several security personnel hostage after seizing control of a counter-terrorism facility in the country’s northwest a day earlier. Security forces have surrounded the highly-fortified military cantonment that houses the interrogation centre in the town […]
Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv, Putin has talks in ally Belarus
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian “kamikaze” drones hit key energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv on Monday and President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus for the first time since 2019, fuelling Ukrainian fears he will pressure his ally to open a new invasion front. But Ukraine was hardly mentioned by Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko […]
COP15 reaches deal to halt decline in nature by 2030
Montreal, Canada Reuters A United Nations summit approved on Monday a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, reflecting the joint leadership of China and Canada, […]
We’ve run out of cholera vaccines, WHO official says as disease surges
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is “currently empty or extremely low”, a WHO official said on Friday amid a resurgence of the disease around the world. The UN health agency says global fatality rates are rising and there are around 30 countries around the world […]
Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists but concerns persist
Reuters Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane. The reinstatements came after the unprecedented suspensions evoked stinging criticism from government officials, advocacy groups and journalism organisations from several parts of the globe on Friday, with some […]
Health Insight: ‘Tis the season to be jolly – singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you
In an article first published on The Conversation, WENDY HARGREAVES and MELISSA FORBES, of the University of Southern Queensland, say group singing engages many beneficial biological, psychological, behavioural and social processes…
Streets deserted in China’s cities as new COVID surge looms
Beijing, China Reuters Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19 cases that has hit urban centres from north to south. China is in the first of an expected three waves of COVID cases this winter, according to the country’s chief […]