Essay: It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk – even debate – about what divides us
As the US election draws closer, Rev JIM WALLIS, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that we need a conversation about how faith will factor…
Wow!: Somalia’s bomb disposal experts face down fear to save lives
ABDI SHEIKH, of Reuters, reports on the work of the explosive ordnance unit in Mogadishu…
UN nuclear agency will supervise Ukraine’s key power substations, Kyiv says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine and UN nuclear agency IAEA have agreed that the agency’s experts will monitor the situation at key Ukrainian substations in addition to nuclear plants, Ukraine’s chief nuclear inspector said on Thursday. A view shows a high-voltage substation of Ukrenergo damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in […]
Georgia investigators search for answers on school shooter’s access to gun, motive
Atlanta, US Reuters Investigators in Georgia were piecing together how a teenager obtained the semi-automatic rifle he used to carry out a mass shooting at his school and whether there were any additional warning signs after authorities visited his home a year ago. The student, identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, opened fire on Wednesday at […]
Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the UN to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak, which has spread to neighbouring countries and elsewhere, […]
US, Britain, EU to sign first international AI treaty
Reuters The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States and Britain, the Council of Europe human rights organisation said. The AI Convention, which has been in the works for years and was adopted in May after […]
After US talks, Nicaragua expels dozens of political prisoners to Guatemala
Washington DC, US/Guatemala City, Guatemala Reuters The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua on Thursday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule. The White House announced that 135 prisoners were freed […]
France’s Macron names former Brexit negotiator Barnier as new Prime Minister
Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, as his new Prime Minister on Thursday, in a bid to put an end to political paralysis following an inconclusive snap election. A key question will now be whether Barnier’s government will manage to get reforms adopted by a […]