Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico still in serious condition, officials say
Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia Reuters Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition and still faces risks of complications but has stabilised, officials said on Saturday, following Wednesday’s assassination attempt. The Prime Minister, 59, was shot at five times at point-blank range in an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe and raised concerns over the […]
Australians stranded in New Caledonia “running out of food” amid civil unrest
Sydney, Australia/Paris, France Reuters Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday. They are among 3,200 people who are stuck waiting to leave or enter the French-ruled territory as […]
UN rights chief warns of catastrophe in Sudan’s al-Fashir
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN human rights chief said he was “horrified” by escalating violence near Sudan’s al-Fashir and held discussions last week with commanders from both sides of the conflict, warning of a humanitarian disaster if the city is attacked. Hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering in al-Fashir without basic supplies amid fears […]
Georgian President vetoes ‘foreign agents’ bill, TASS reports
Tbilisi, Georgia Reuters Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported on Saturday. Zourabichvili had said previously that she would veto the bill, which has sparked street protests, but her decision can be overridden by another vote in parliament, controlled by […]
Inflection point: Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports from Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine…
Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, US AP A decades-old landslide that’s rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views. The earth beneath the chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes […]
Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
Verona, Italy Reuters Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform vision fostered frustration and violence. Addressing a peace gathering in a Roman amphitheatre in the northern Italian city of Verona, the Pope said people […]
Ukraine says Russian shelling targets civilians in Kharkiv region
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said Russian shelling targeted civilians in two cities in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv on Saturday while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported successes by troops fighting a renewed Russian assault there. Ukrainian prosecutors said they were investigating as a potential war crime a Russian air strike on a residential area of the […]
Israel pushes further into parts of north Gaza; new cracks in Netanyahu coalition
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Israel’s forces also took over some ground in Rafah, a southern city by the Egyptian […]
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, the head of the information department for the central Ghor province, told Reuters that there was no information about how many people were injured in […]