Thousands protest against mass tourism in Spain’s Balearic Islands
Palma de Mallorca, Spain Reuters Thousands of people protested in Spain’s Balearic Islands on Saturday against mass tourism ahead of the summer season. Holding posters reading SOS Residents, Enough Mass Tourism, protesters marched through Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the largest Balearic Island. About 10,000 demonstrators took part, a Spanish National police spokesperson said. […]
Burkina Faso extends junta rule by five years
Reuters Burkina Faso’s ruling junta will remain in power for another five years after participants in national talks on Saturday proposed extending the transition back to democracy by 60 months from July, according to the text of an approved new charter. People waving flags in Burkina Faso on 29th September, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/ Yempabou Ouoba […]
In restive New Caledonia, Macron sees Pacific power and influence
Paris, France Reuters In 2018, a year after becoming France’s President, Emmanuel Macron flew to the remote French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia to outline his latest foreign policy plan. With China’s regional ambitions growing, a new Indo-Pacific strategy was needed to prevent it from becoming hegemonic, he said. New Caledonia would be a key […]
Church relics: Carbon-dating of ancient tunics of Saints Peter and John separates legend from reality
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on what a new restoration and carbon-dating analysis have revealed…
Notre Dame cathedral cross reinstalled in Paris amid restoration efforts
Paris, France AP The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers from Normandy. Workers celebrate after reinstalling the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral’s Croix du Chevet, right, on Friday, 24th May, 2024, in Paris. The […]
What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti
AP The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a missionary couple from the US were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press. Thursday’s slayings of Jude Montis, the local director of Missions in Haiti Inc., and […]
Pope kicks off ‘World Children’s Day’ at Rome’s Olympic Stadium
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis appeared at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday to provide a symbolic kick-off to a soccer match as part of celebrations for a Vatican-hosted “World Children’s Day” festival. Francis, 87, who has suffered from bouts of poor health, stood up from his chair by the side of the pitch as the […]
More than 300 buried in Papua New Guinea landslide, local media says
Sydney, Australia Reuters More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide that hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometres north-west of capital Port Moresby, around […]
Pakistani Christian community attacked after blasphemy accusation
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters At least 10 members of a minority Christian community were rescued on Saturday after a Muslim crowd attacked their settlement on a blasphemy accusation in eastern Pakistan, police and a community leader said. The crowd, which accused the Christian group of blasphemy, also hurled stones and bricks at the police, said Shariq […]
Fire at entertainment venue kills at least 24 people in western India
Ahmedabad, India Reuters At least 24 people, including many children, died in a fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a family entertainment venue in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a government official said. With rescue efforts continuing at the scene in the Rajkot district, the local mayor told Reuters the death toll […]