Ecuador’s Indigenous defenders face growing threats, activists say at UN summit
Cali, Colombia Reuters Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador are suffering an increasing number of threats and sometimes deadly attacks amid spiraling violence in the country, activists said during UN COP16 nature talks in Colombia this week. Nearly 200 countries are gathered in the city of Cali in an attempt to agree on a deal to […]
Cardinal wades into Catholic Church debate over women deacons, calling move “pastorally sensible”
Vatican City RNS Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church journal that he is in favour of allowing women to become permanent deacons, as debates over women’s roles continue to shake the church. “I myself have struggled with the answer to this question […]
Trump fraud claims stir concerns of another contested US election
Philadelphia, US Reuters Republican Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud in the critical battleground of Pennsylvania have raised concerns he could again try to overturn election results if he fares poorly against Democrat Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s US presidential election. Opinion polls, both nationally and in the seven closely divided states, show former President […]
Bolivia’s Arce says Morales backers behind military posts takeover
La Paz, Bolivia Reuters Bolivian President Luis Arce accused followers of his former mentor-turned-rival, Evo Morales, of being behind an armed takeover of military posts and holding soldiers hostage on Friday, ramping up tensions in the already restive Andean nation. Arce said the groups had forced their way into three military posts outside the central […]
Russian missiles kill police officer in strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Reuters A Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, hit a location used by policemen on Friday, killing a senior officer and injuring 40 other people, the prosecutor general’s office said. Nine civilians and a rescue worker were among the injured in the late afternoon attack, the office said on the Telegram messaging […]
Ukraine conflict: Hopes of war breakthrough slim whoever wins US election
ANASTASIIA MALENKO and TOM BALMFORTH, of Reuters, report from Kyiv on how Ukrainians see the impact of the US election on the war with Russia…
Botswana voters kick out ruling party of nearly six decades
Gaborone, Botswana Reuters Botswana’s voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger over economic stagnation linked to a decline in the diamond trade by handing victory to opposition presidential candidate Duma Boko. The 54-year-old, of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) coalition, will replace […]
UN chief condemns Sudan’s RSF; Britain to push for Security Council action
United Nations Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Friday reported attacks on civilians by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as Britain said it would push for a UN Security Council resolution on the more than 18-month long conflict. War erupted in mid-April, 2023, from a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the […]
Pakistan blast kills seven, including five school children
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in south-western Pakistan on Friday, a police official said. “The target was a police van which was going to pickup a polio [vaccination] team,” Senior Superintendent of Police Rehmatullah told Reuters. One police officer was also […]
Serbian railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad leaves 14 dead
Novi Sad, Serbia Reuters Rescue workers scoured piles of concrete and twisted metal for survivors on Friday after a roof collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 14 people. Cranes and bulldozers helped sift through the wreckage alongside dozens of rescuers and construction workers, while medical […]