Malawians search for relatives buried under the mud as death toll jumps

Blantyre, Malawi Reuters In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept […]
Police clash with protesters at Paris demonstration against pension overhaul

Paris, France Reuters Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the government’s plans to raise the French state pension age. The growing unrest, which has resulted in a wave of strikes since the start of the year and rubbish piling up on the streets of […]
War crimes court seeks Putin arrest over deportation of Ukraine’s children

Updated: 11:30am (AEDT) Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Near Bakhmut Ukraine Reuters The International Criminal Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging Moscow’s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, as the Kremlin reacted with outrage. Russia has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children […]
Twenty year anniversary: US grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion

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At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery

Reuters At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor’s post-mortem report, in what opponents of military rule say was a massacre of civilians conducted by the army. A spokesman for Myanmar’s junta, which staged a coup two years ago to […]
‘Omurice’, comfort food for Japanese and Koreans, a symbol of warmer ties

Tokyo, Japan Reuters Nearly everything about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo will be scrutinised for signs of warmer bilateral ties, including a shared meal of a Tokyo classic called omurice. The dish, whose name is a mash-up of omelette and rice, has become the […]
Snapshot: Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

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Vatican unveils new ethnographic display of Rwanda screens

Vatican City AP The Vatican Museums officially reopened its African and American ethnographic collections Thursday by showcasing intricately restored Rwandan raffia screens that were sent by Catholic missionaries to the Vatican for a 1925 exhibit. The display at the Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum featured a scientific presentation of the restoration process as well as the […]
Moldovan parliament approves law on Romanian language

Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Moldova’s parliament on Thursday approved a law on referring to the national language as Romanian in all legislative texts and the constitution, despite opposition from a pro-Moscow communist party. The move is intended to resolve a heated dispute over whether the national language should be referred to as Romanian or Moldovan. Two […]