At least 41 killed from landslides in India’s Kerala
Thiruvanathapuram, India Reuters At least 41 people were killed and scores injured after landslides in the hills of India’s southern Kerala state, local media reported, with rescue operations obstructed after a main bridge collapsed in the region. State Health Minister Veena George said that over 70 people were injured and the Indian Express reported that […]
Trump agrees to sit for interview with FBI as it investigates shooting
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump said he would sit for an interview with the FBI, as the bureau continues to investigate what motivated 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to try and assassinate Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “They’re coming in on Thursday to see me,” Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said in […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits frontline area in Kharkiv region
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had travelled to the frontline area of Vovchansk in the north-eastern Kharkiv region near the Russian border, where Moscow’s forces have been trying to break through. Russian troops opened a new front in the north of the region in May, rapidly making inroads up […]
Sexual assault charge against Bruxy Cavey stayed, ending prosecution
RNS After a two-year delay, one of three sexual assault charges against Bruxy Cavey, former pastor of the Ontario megachurch The Meeting House, has been stayed. Carvey’s defence lawyer, Megan Savard, argued on Monday to Ontario Court Justice Michael K Wendl that the duration of time between the initial sexual assault charge, made by Hamilton […]
DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the country’s eastern North Kivu province, where Congo’s army is locked in fighting with the M23. The Tutsi-led M23 have been waging a fresh […]
Don’t bomb Beirut: US leads push to rein in Israel’s response
Reuters The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement […]
Park Fire grows to California’s sixth largest wildfire ever
Reuters Thousands of firefighters battling a massive northern California wildfire were working in milder temperatures and higher humidity Monday, but the blaze that has destroyed more than 100 structures since it began five days ago continues to grow. The Park Fire, which officials said was started by a man who pushed a flaming car into […]
Your story?
Which would you rather was your story? What’s your story? PICTURE: John Schnobrich/Unsplash You inherited a bright, well-behaved group of students, taught them for an uneventful year, and they moved up another grade. Or, you inherited a difficult group of students of mixed ability, with everyone having low expectations of them because of their disadvantage. […]
Iraq: Ten years on, many Yazidis uprooted by Islamic State onslaught struggle to find stable homes
ABBY SEWELL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, of Associated Press, report on the ongoing impact the Islamic State’s assault a decade ago is having on Yazidi communities…
As nations face off in Olympic competition, faith leaders unite to serve athletes
RNS For the more than 11,040 athletes from more than 200 countries in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the games are not just one of the most physically intense moments of their lives, but psychologically intense as well, as years of training and hoping may be realized or lost in mere moments. It’s enough […]