Thais cheer poll winner Move Forward as opposition parties agree to coalition
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Thailand’s two main opposition parties agreed on Monday to form a ruling coalition after they trounced in a weekend election military-backed rivals that have controlled government for nearly a decade. The Move Forward party and opposition heavyweight Pheu Thai dominated Sunday’s ballot in a rout of army-backed parties, but could face challenges […]
Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe
Kyiv, Ukraine/London, UK Reuters Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. Since last week, the Ukrainian military has started to push Russian forces back […]
Air strikes pound Sudan’s capital as conflict enters second month
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters The Sudanese army carried out air strikes in the north of the capital Khartoum on Monday, attacking its paramilitary rivals around a hospital that witnesses said was damaged in the bombardment. Intense battles in Khartoum and its sister cities of Bahri and Omdurman have raged despite Saudi and US-brokered talks […]
At least three killed as powerful storm batters Myanmar
Reuters At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday. But refugee camps in south-east Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar escaped the worst of the storm, although many bamboo huts were damaged, residents of the region said. […]
Sauerkraut or sardines? Hiroshima’s pancake goes global for G7 summit
Hiroshima, Japan Reuters When Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations in Hiroshima this week, restaurants in the city hope to put a local speciality on the map, with a choice of fillings to cater for foreign tastes. A gateway to tourism on the western side of Japan’s […]
Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning
Vatican City AP Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums’ Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti. For more than 150 years, the four-metre-tall figure of the half-human Roman god of […]
US vs Europe: Tense contest to run UN migration agency opens
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters European countries and the United States are running rival candidates to head the UN migration agency in an unusually tense contest between allies that opens in Geneva on Monday. More than 100 million people are forcibly displaced around the world and the International Organization for Migration’s seeks to ensure humane and orderly […]
Belarus PM replaces Lukashenko at ceremony, sparks speculation
Reuters Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has not been seen in public since Tuesday, did not appear on Sunday at a ceremony in the capital, Minsk, triggering speculation that the veteran leader is seriously ill. The BelTA state news agency reported that Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko read a message from Lukashenko during an annual ceremony […]
Mali rejects UN report on alleged execution of 500 villagers by troops
Bamako, Mali Reuters Mali’s interim military government has rejected a United Nations human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign fighters during an operation last year. The ruling junta was responding to a report released on Friday after a months-long investigation into what rights […]
Healthcare shortages: African hospitals suffer as nurses leave for more pay in UK
BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how poor pay is driving Nigerian and Zimbabwean nurses to work in UK, leaving their own health systems on the brink…