Two Mexican journalists shot dead in 24 hours
Mexico Reuters Two Mexican journalists were shot dead in less than 24 hours in western states, according to authorities, as the country faces a flare-up of violence in the region. A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the western state of Colima on Wednesday afternoon, the state persecutor’s office told Reuters. Members of Mexico’s investigative […]
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South Korean officials block bid to send balloons carrying leaflets into North
Paju, South Korea Reuters South Korean authorities in a village near the border with North Korea thwarted a plan on Thursday by a group of families of those believed to have been abducted by the North to send aloft balloons with leaflets criticising it, the group said. The failed bid to send the balloons over […]
Texas nuns in battle with Fort Worth bishop are dismissed from religious life
Fort Worth, Texas RNS A group of Texas nuns engaged in a yearlong dispute with Catholic Church leadership has been dismissed from religious life and “reverted to the lay state,” according to their Vatican-appointed overseer. Mother Marie of the Incarnation, who replaced Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach at the behest of the Vatican in April, wrote […]
Bird flu spreading faster than 2023 in the EU, data shows
Paris, France Reuters Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and renewing fears that it could expand to humans. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, […]
Pope Francis tells Vatican media operations to expect budget cuts
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Thursday told employees of the Vatican’s extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted cardinals. In a meeting with the department that oversees the Vatican’s newspaper, TV operations, and radio and internet broadcasts, the Pope did not offer specifics. […]
Blinken expects North Korea troops to enter fight against Ukraine in coming days
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States expects North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region to enter the fight against Ukraine in the coming days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday as he pressed China to use its influence to rein in Pyongyang. Blinken spoke after North Korea conducted its longest-ever intercontinental […]
Mpox cases on African continent show 500 per cent increase year-on-year
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, showing an increase of over 500 per cent from last year, data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) showed on Thursday. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began […]
Episcopal Church: In a time of change, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says, he kept his eye trained on love
His electrifying sermon on the power of love at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be the highlight. But Michael Curry may also be remembered for a capacity to keep the main thing the main thing. YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports…
Iraq tries to avoid regional fight as militias fire at Israel
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters Nervously watching Israel’s destructive campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, Iraq is working to avoid being drawn into the growing regional conflict as Iran-backed armed groups launch attacks on Israel from Iraqi soil, sources familiar with the matter say. Two decades after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq is experiencing relative […]