Despite bans, firecrackers sizzle across India for Diwali
Vanch Village, India Reuters Firecrackers are central to Diwali celebrations for millions of Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some cities, including New Delhi, banned their use to curb some of the worst pollution levels in the world. Diwali honours the victorious return of Lord Rama, one of Hindiusm’s most revered […]
US envoy sees some “concerning signals” in Russia-China military cooperation in Arctic
Oslo, Norway Reuters The United States is watching growing cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic closely and some of their recent military collaboration in the region sends “concerning signals”, the US Arctic ambassador said. Russia and China have stepped up military cooperation in the Arctic while deepening overall ties in recent years that […]
Staff at US voting machine firms prep for doxxing, misinformation and ‘swatting’
Detroit, US Reuters Staff at US voting machine companies have removed public information about themselves from the internet and have made contingency plans with local law enforcement ahead of the 2024 election, after suffering harassment in 2020, according to industry representatives. Following the 2020 election, which Republican candidate Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won, some […]
Kemi Badenoch becomes first Black woman to head British Conservatives
London, UK Reuters Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives’ new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles. Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has pledged to lead the […]
Nigeria’s hunger crisis deepens with 33 million at risk, report says
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one third jump from this year due to economic hardship, a joint report by the government and United Nations said on Friday. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is grappling with […]
Myanmar: How an anxious China is backing the country’s faltering junta in civil war
SHOON NAING, WA LONE, DEVJYOT GHOSHAL, POPPY MCPHERSON and ANTONI SLODKOWSKI, of Reuters, report on how China is reacting to Myanmar’s ongoing civil war…
Trump says US suburbs “under attack”, Harris calls Trump unstable
Gastonia, North Carolina Reuters Republican Donald Trump warned that suburban residents were “under attack” by criminals, while his Democratic rival Kamala Harris said he was becoming increasingly unstable as the two presidential candidates campaigned across the South on Saturday just three days before the US presidential election. With opinion polls projecting a historically close election […]
Pope Francis prays in front of graves of unborn children ahead of All Souls’ Day Mass
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which houses the graves of stillborn and miscarried children. Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at the Laurentino cemetery, on Rome’s southern outskirts. Pope Francis presides over a ceremony on the occasion of […]
Rockets from Lebanon wound 11 in Israel
Tira, Israel Reuters Rockets fired from Lebanon wounded 11 people in central Israel on Saturday, Israeli emergency services said, after one of them hit a house, as prospects for a ceasefire dimmed. Fighting has escalated between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah group since September, and hopes that a US push this week for a […]
Russia targets Kyiv in hours-long drone attack
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia unleashed its latest overnight drone strike on Ukraine, targeting the capital Kyiv in an attack that lasted into midday and wounded at least one person, city officials said on Saturday. A view shows an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on […]