Ukraine’s “Venice” in Danube delta faces relentless Russian drone attacks
Vylkove, Ukraine Reuters In a town without basements, residents of Ukraine’s “Venice” on the Danube have no way to hide underground from the increasingly frequent Russian drone attacks on the country’s river and deep sea ports. Vylkove, a small tourist and resort town, sits at the mouth of the Danube, and like in Italy’s Venice, […]
NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbour life
Washington DC, US Reuters NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon Europa, considered one of our solar system’s most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbour a vast underground ocean is habitable. The US space agency’s robotic solar-powered Europa Clipper spacecraft will […]
Inquiry into British woman’s 2018 Novichok poisoning to start
London, UK Reuters A public inquiry into the death of a woman who Britain says was unwittingly killed by the Novichok nerve agent following the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal six years ago will begin on Monday. Dawn Sturgess died from exposure to Novichok in July, 2018, after her partner found […]
Man arrested near Trump rally in California faces gun charges
Reuters A man arrested at a security checkpoint near Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s California rally on Saturday faces gun charges after he was found in possession of loaded firearms, multiple passports and a fake license plate, the local sheriff said on Sunday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said he believed his department halted an […]
Lithuania’s centre-left opposition says it will try to form government
Vilnius/Panevezys, Lithuania Reuters Lithuania’s centre-left opposition Social Democrats (SD) will attempt to form a majority coalition government together with two other parties following the country’s parliamentary election, its leader said on Sunday. Early results showed SD ahead in the election, which was dominated by concerns over living costs and potential threats from neighbouring Russia. People […]
Updated: Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip
Updated: 12:30pm (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces widened their raid into northern Gaza and tanks reached the north edge of Gaza City, pounding some districts of the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood and forcing many families to leave their homes, residents said. In the early hours of Monday, an Israeli air strike killed three people and […]
Zelenskiy says North Koreans fighting with Russians in Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that defence relationships with his country’s partners would have to change in light of North Korean transfers of people as well as weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine. The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel […]
“Invisible” shipwrecks: Cubans missing on route to US leave painful void at home
DAVE SHERWOOD, of Reuters, reports on the open wounds left by those who have gone missing in search of a new life…
In Hiroshima, Nobel Prize brings survivors hope, sense of duty
Hiroshima, Japan Reuters Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town of Hiroshima, Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when she was knocked over by the force of the blast. The US bombs that laid waste to Hiroshima on the morning of 6th August, 1945, and to Nagasaki three […]
Essay: Black Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are boosting their visibility in politics – a shift from the past
In an article first published on The Conversation, DARA DELGADO, a scholar of American Pentecostalism and Black studies, explores how Black Pentecostal and charismatic churches are getting involved in the US election campaign…