Fifteen-year-old girl fatally shoots teacher and teenager at a Christian school in Wisconsin
Updated: 5:50pm (AEDT) Madison, Wisconsin AP A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers responding to a second grader’s 911 call. The female student wounded six others in Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, […]
UN chief welcomes aid commitments by new Syrian authorities
United Nations Reuters United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher met with the commander of Syria’s new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir on Monday to discuss scaling up humanitarian assistance in the country. Tom Fletcher, United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. attends a press conference in Geneva, […]
Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the US Supreme Court’s July ruling recognising immunity from prosecution for a president’s official acts. Justice Juan Merchan’s denial of Trump’s motion to dismiss the New York […]
Religious traditions can help with holiday blues, mental health experts say
RNS In a May, 2023, advisory, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called attention to the “public health crisis of loneliness, isolation and lack of connection in the US today”. In his plan to address this crisis, he listed faith groups as key players in the solution – “Religious or faith-based groups can be a source […]
No US Government group in Syria for search of Austin Tice, State Department says
Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department on Monday said there is no US Government organisation currently on the ground in Syria for the search of Austin Tice, an American journalist taken captive during a reporting trip in August, 2012, but did not rule out the possibility. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters […]
Venezuela has freed 533 election protest detainees, Attorney General says
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela’s Attorney General said in a statement on Monday that 533 people arrested for taking part in protests over a contested July election have been freed. More than 2,000 people were arrested for taking part in protests after the contest, according to the government. A woman reacts outside a prison next to […]
Trump muses about drones, wars and TikTok in first news conference as President-elect
Palm Beach, Florida Reuters In his first news conference since his election victory six weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump covered the Ukraine war, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey, the future of TikTok and lawsuits aimed at the media he often loves to hate. Trump displayed the loquaciousness and bravado of his 2017-2021 White House […]
Women held as sex slaves in Sudan’s South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Women from Sudan’s South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday. The RSF did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It has regularly denied […]
Freedom…or suffering?
You can still buy fireworks in some states of Australia but most have banned them because people were injured by them. PICTURE: Dovapi/iStockphoto When mothers cry out to government about the suffering of their children, government listen. The cost is that we don’t have that freedom anymore. We cry out to God regarding all the […]
Amazon gold: New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit trade
RICARDO BRITO and ANTHONY BOADLE, of Reuters, report on efforts to trace the origins of gold in Brazil as part of a bid to shut down the illegal gold-mining industry…