Wolves to lose ‘strictly protected’ status in Europe
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Wolves in Europe will be less protected from hunting from 2025, after a majority of European countries on Tuesday accepted a proposal to downgrade their status due to their growing number and their impact on agriculture and farming livestock. Wolves’ status will be lowered as of 7th March to “protected” from “strictly […]
World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors – internal report
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Serious problems in the United Nations World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organisation’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters. The UN’s main food-aid distributor, the WFP is struggling to feed […]
Know It All: Five things you probably didn’t know about Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
TOM NOUVIAN, of Associated Press, takes a look behind the obvious at the Paris landmark…
As sabotage allegations swirl, NATO struggles to secure Baltic Sea
Turku, Finland Reuters On 18th November, hours after two communication cables were severed in the Baltic Sea, 30 NATO vessels and 4,000 military staff took to the same body of water for one of northern Europe’s largest naval exercises. The 12-day ‘Freezing Winds’ drill was part of a push to step up the transatlantic defence […]
Mexico nabs over a ton of fentanyl in largest ever seizure
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexican security forces said on Wednesday they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country’s history, impounding 1,100 kilograms of the synthetic opioid in the state of Sinaloa. In a statement, law enforcement said the seizure was the equivalent of 20 million fentanyl doses and would cause an economic hit […]
Syrian military and rebels battle around Hama
Amman, Jordan Reuters Syrian rebels battled government forces and allied militia on Wednesday in villages north and east of Hama, a major city whose capture would pile pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. The rebels have staged their biggest advance in years over the past week, seizing Aleppo – Syria’s biggest city before the war – […]
In a legal first, Italy compensates victims of Nazi crimes
Rome, Italy Reuters Italy has for the first time paid compensation to victims of Nazi war crimes, giving €800,000 to the heirs of a man killed in a 1944 civilian massacre in Tuscany, a lawyer for the heirs and the Italian Treasury said on Wednesday. The landmark decision, coming after decades of legal struggles, marks […]
Agape community: A 40-year-old Christian commune in Massachusetts faces an uncertain future
Approaching their 80s, peace activists Brayton and Suzanne Shanley wonder what’s next for the non-violent lay Christian community they built from the ground up 37 years ago. In an article first published on Religion News Service, FIONA MURPHY reports…
Bolsonaro’s indictment in Brazil stirs conservative Christian supporters’ outrage
São Paulo, Brazil RNS A report released on 26th November by Brazil’s federal police details a conspiracy allegedly involving former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others to stage a coup to prevent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office in 2023. The list of 37 indicted individuals, which includes a Roman Catholic priest, […]
Essay: Notre Dame reopens in Paris five years after fire – its reconstruction preserves the past and illuminates France’s modern ambitions
IRIT KLEIMAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how the tension between preserving the past and building the future has defined the cathedral…