Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended
Vatican City AP A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police, the Holy See said. Vatican gendarmes fired a shot at the speeding car’s front tires after it rushed the gate, […]
Italian flood toll rises to at least 13, homes and farms wrecked
Cesena, Italy Reuters Floods that killed at least 13 people in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region caused billions of euros’ worth of damage and hit agriculture particularly hard, the regional governor said on Thursday. Torrential rains this week devastated the eastern side of the region, known as Romagna, with up to 300 landslides, 23 overflowing rivers, […]
More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds
London, UK Reuters More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater sources […]
Heavy fighting in Sudan’s capital as food aid needs grow; witnesses recount church attack
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan’s capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly one million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were heard across several […]
Top Australian sporting bodies endorse Indigenous referendum as support dips
Sydney, Australia Reuters Two of Australia’s top football codes on Thursday backed a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country’s Indigenous population in a referendum, as latest opinion polls show public support for the government-backed plan dipping. A depiction of the Australian Aboriginal Flag is seen on a window sill at the home of indigenous Muruwari […]
A Sustainable Life: Reusable nappies can reduce the environmental footprint of parenting – but only if they’re used with care
Sustainability expert SHARON GEORGE, in a story first published on The Conversation, looks at disposable versus reusable nappies…
One killed in Ukraine’s Odesa, missiles downed over Kyiv; Ukraine reports new advances near eastern city of Bakhmut
Reuters One person was killed by a Russian missile strike on an industrial facility in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, while falling debris during an air raid triggered two fires in the eastern districts of Kyiv, officials said on Thursday. Two more people were wounded in the Odesa attack, military administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk […]
On the Screen: Documenting John Farnham’s Australian spirit
MARCUS CHEONG watches ‘John Farnham: Finding The Voice’…
Cyber fraud cost Florida Baptists more than $US700,000
United States RNS Staff at the Florida Baptist Convention thought they were sending mission money to help pay for church planting. Then the money disappeared. “The Florida Baptist Convention continues to work with federal and state investigators, our internal and external auditors to recover over $700,000 in funds stolen from the convention through cyber-targeting,” according […]
Fifty migrants kidnapped from Mexican bus
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican security forces are searching for about 50 migrants who were kidnapped from a commercial bus, authorities said Wednesday. The kidnapping took place in the central state of San Luis Potosi, the Attorney General’s Office there said. The bus, whose two drivers were also missing, was discovered further north in the border […]