A prominent Myanmar Christian leader is released from prison for a second time in four months
Bangkok, Thailand AP A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was released from prison earlier this week, a member of a Kachin peace organisation said Wednesday. Rev Hkalam Samson was first arrested in December, 2022. In April last year he was handed a six-year prison term after being […]
A Sustainable Life: How sustainable is your weekly grocery shop? These small changes can have big benefits
In an article first published on The Conversation, MICHALIS HADJIKAKOU, CARLA ARCHIBALD, ÖZGE GEYIK, AND PANKTI SHAH report that swapping the most environmentally harmful foods for more sustainable options can significantly reduce carbon emissions…
Kenya’s Ruto names opponents to cabinet, protesters slam “corrupt” deal
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday nominated four members of the main opposition party to a “broad-based” cabinet he promised in response to nationwide protests, but activists criticised the new government as a corrupt bargain. The opposition members, including the pick to lead the finance ministry, John Mbadi, are allies of opposition […]
ASEAN seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis, South China Sea tension
Reuters The South-East Asian bloc ASEAN met in Laos on Wednesday as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the South China Sea, days ahead of a gathering of top diplomats from the world’s biggest powers. The meeting of the foreign ministers from the Association […]
Updated: Typhoon Gaemi sinks freighter off Taiwan, heads to China coast
Updated: 3:30pm (AEST) Taipei, Taiwan/Beijing, China Reuters Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter offshore before heading across the sea and into China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the north-eastern coast of Taiwan in Yilan […]
Kenya’s Haiti intervention needs rapid results, report says
Reuters The Kenyan-led police mission in Haiti will need to rapidly deliver tangible results, according to a security bulletin on Wednesday, warning that people living in gang-controlled areas remain dependent on criminal leaders. “The MSS [Multinational Security Support] as an external player, will need to rapidly deliver tangible security results to the community, so as […]
Russian attacks kill three, damage Swiss NGO’s office in Kharkiv, Ukraine says
Reuters Russia launched a series of attacks on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and the surrounding region on Wednesday, killing three people, wounding at least six and damaging the office of a Swiss mine-clearing NGO, local officials said. Ukraine’s second-largest city and the surrounding region, which borders Russia, have been battered by drone, missile […]
Drive to end global hunger has stalled, United Nations warns
Rome, Italy Reuters A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past year, a UN report said on Wednesday. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report said around 733 million people faced hunger […]
Attacks on Papua New Guinea villages kill 26, including 16 children, UN says
Sydney Reuters Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north has likely killed 26 people, including 16 children, whiled several people were forced to flee after attackers set fire to their homes, the United Nations said. “I am horrified by the shocking eruption of deadly violence in Papua New Guinea, seemingly as […]
Venezuela: As the country heads for 28th July presidential election, what does the religious landscape look like?
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on religious landscape in the South American country…