Bridge offers unique view of Rome’s Trevi fountain during conservation work
Rome, Italy Reuters Tourists and locals will be able to see Rome’s Trevi Fountain from a new angle by walking across a footbridge erected while it undergoes maintenance work. The metal bridge, which will give visitors a closer look at the fountain’s intricate facade, will be up for about two months while work is in […]
Dutch PM to miss climate summit during probe into soccer violence
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof will miss the COP29 climate summit after clashes in Amsterdam this week between Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters as his government investigates if warning signs from Israel were missed. “I will not be going to Azerbaijan next week for the UN Climate Conference COP29. Due […]
Putin signs into law mutual defence treaty with North Korea
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a treaty on the country’s strategic partnership with North Korea which includes a mutual defence provision, according to a decree published on Saturday. The accord, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June after a summit in Pyongyang, calls on each side to […]
New insurgent group kills 15 in north-west Nigeria, residents say
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters At least fifteen people were killed and several others wounded when new insurgent group Lakurawas attacked a rural community in Nigeria’s north-west Kebbi state after stealing livestock, residents said. Nigeria has been grappling with a long-running insurgency in its north-east, primarily driven by the Islamist armed group Boko Haram and its offshoot […]
The Long Read: Spain’s flood disaster was its worst in recent history. Here’s what went wrong
DAVID LATONA, CORINA PONS, PIETRO LOMBARDI and AISLINN LAING, of Reuters, report…
United Nations warily awaits Donald Trump’s return to power
United Nations Reuters The United Nations has been planning for the possible return of Donald Trump and the cuts to US funding and engagement with world body that are likely to come with his second term as president. There was a sense of “déjà vu and some trepidation” at the 193-member world body, said one […]
Spaniards protest over handling of flood disaster
Valencia, Spain Reuters Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday over regional authorities’ handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe’s worst natural disasters for decades. Civil groups and unions protest against the management of the emergency response to the deadly […]
At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast on Saturday at a railway station in the city of Quetta in south-western Pakistan, police and other officials said. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic […]
At least 40 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon, Lebanese officials say
Updated: 9:15am (AEDT) Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon over the last day have killed at least 40 people including several children, Lebanese authorities said on Saturday, after heavy Israeli bombardment pounded the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut overnight. At least seven people were killed in the coastal city of Tyre late on […]
Gaza mourns children killed in Israeli strike as death toll rises
Reuters A Gaza family sat weeping on Saturday over children killed by an Israeli strike as they were getting ready to play soccer, amid an intensified bombardment that Palestinian health authorities said has killed 44 people over the past 24 hours. The strike was in Mawasi, a southern coastal area where hundreds of thousands of […]