Democracy remains at risk in Guatemala, says UN human rights chief
Guatemala City, Guatemala Reuters The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Friday that democracy in Guatemala “remains in danger,” despite election winner Bernardo Arevalo assuming the presidency this year after a post-electoral crisis. Guatemala had in 2023 one of the most tense electoral processes in its recent history, after the […]
Frozen in time, an airport rots as Cyprus logjam persists, 50 years on
Nicosia, Cyprus Reuters Once a bustling hub, Nicosia International Airport has stood deserted for the past 50 years, a still enduring symbol of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus half a century ago following a brief Greek-inspired coup. Time has been standing still ever since at this air terminal – perched on a hill on the western […]
Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress in US draws enthusiastic crowd
Indianapolis, US RNS A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of Holy Rosary Catholic Church as they received Communion during a Mass said in Latin, as it was before the modernising changes of the Second […]
Russian missile hits playground, kills three in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv
Reuters A Russian missile hit a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv on Friday, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, officials said. “A playground near an ordinary house…Every day Russia proves with its terror that pressure on it is not enough,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram. Local residents […]
Boat fire kills at least 40 Haitian migrants, IOM reports
Port-au-Prince Reuters At least 40 Haitian migrants were killed at sea after the boat they were traveling on caught fire on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti said on Friday. The boat, which was carrying over 80 people, departed from Fort Saint-Michel in Haiti’s north and was headed for the Turks and […]
Olympic Games: France races to head off ISIS-K threat
GABRIEL STARGARDTER and JULIETTE JABKHIRO, of Reuters, report on security efforts ahead of next week’s Olympic Games…
Ukraine Government proposes first wartime tax hikes to fund defence
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s government proposed its first wartime hike in taxes on Thursday to raise billions of dollars in new funds for weapons and military salaries as the war with Russia nears the 29-month mark. At its weekly meeting, the government approved draft changes to its 2024 budget law, increasing defence spending by 495.3 […]
Activists, religious leaders say Democrats pressing Biden to bow out should respect “process”
Washington DC, US RNS Wading into a furious debate over the future of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, a group of activists and religious leaders has published a letter saying Democrats should respect the “democratic process” and suggesting that if Biden leaves the race of his own accord, the party should hand the candidacy to […]
Tel Aviv hit by drone attack claimed by Iranian-backed Houthis
Tel Aviv, Israel Reuters A long-range Iranian-made drone hit the centre of Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday in an attack claimed by the Yemen-based Houthi militia that killed one man and wounded four others, the Israeli military and emergency services said. The explosion, which footage shared on social media suggested came from […]
Global tech outage eases after widespread disruption, new focus seen on risks
Reuters Services from airlines to healthcare, shipping and finance were coming back online on Friday after a global digital outage disrupted computer systems for hours, another incident that shows the vulnerability of the world’s interconnected technologies. After the outage was resolved, companies were dealing with backlogs of delayed and cancelled flights and medical appointments, missed […]