US reporter’s detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals
London, UK/Washington DC, US Reuters A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington. Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it […]
Inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting criticises police, urges reform
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Officials tasked with reviewing Canada’s worst mass shooting called for sweeping police reforms, stricter gun safety regulations and better public communication on Thursday after an investigation found many shortcomings in authorities’ response to the 2020 incident. In April, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, disguised in a police uniform and driving a fake police […]
Death toll from Ecuador landslide deaths rises to 17, over 70 remain missing
Quito, Ecuador Reuters At least 17 people have died from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador’s Andean region, sweeping down over parts of the city of Alausi, authorities said on Thursday, as the death toll increased and 72 people remained missing. The landslide struck Sunday night, and on Tuesday, the official death toll […]
Push for reform: Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol this week amid calls for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state’s deadliest school shooting…
In Ukraine’s Bucha, a “wounded soul” aches one year after liberation
Bucha, Ukraine Reuters Strolling under a peaceful blue sky, 71-year-old Kateryna Kosych can’t help recalling how Russian troops killed and looted after violently occupying her charming town for a month last year. Among the victims in Bucha was her 47-year-old son-in-law – a wound that festers despite the relative rejuvenation of the town since its […]
Essay: Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his reelection bid much harder
STEFANIE LINDQUIST, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at Arizona State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the ramifications of news former US President Donald Trump has been indicted…