After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution
Beijing, China Reuters One day before a key meeting of China’s anti-graft watchdog, the state broadcaster aired a programme on how grassroots corruption is being crushed, dispelling any notion that China is losing its grip on graft. The first of four episodes of Fighting Corruption for the People ran on Sunday night, focusing on petty corruption […]
Canada PM Trudeau is likely to announce resignation, source says
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking said on Sunday. The source spoke to Reuters after the Globe and Mail reported that Trudeau was expected to announce as early as […]
South Korea investigators seek to extend Yoon’s arrest warrant
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean investigators will seek an extension of a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, an official said on Monday, as an anti-graft agency asked police to take over efforts to execute the arrest of the embattled leader. The requests come after a failed attempt to serve the warrant […]
Vatican decides not to put keffiyeh back in nativity
Vatican City RNS After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its original place on the manger of the Palestinian-made nativity scene in the Paul VI Hall. The nativity scene was crafted by artists from Bethlehem using local materials and was inaugurated by Pope Francis before Palestinian […]
Syrian caretaker government to hike public sector salaries by 400 per cent next month
Damascus, Syria Reuters Syria’s finance minister said on Sunday the government would hike salaries for many public sector employees by 400 per cent next month after completing an administrative restructuring of ministries to boost efficiency and accountability. The increase, estimated to cost 1.65 trillion Syrian pounds, or about $US127 million at current rates, will be […]
Church of England faces uncharted waters as Welby’s tenure ends
Updated: 9:30am, 7th January, 2025 (AEDT) London, UK Reuters Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will end his duties on Monday after quitting amid an abuse cover-up scandal, but his interim successor is facing scrutiny in a similar case, leaving the Church of England on uncertain ground. Welby, 69, announced his resignation in November after an […]
Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill, declares emergency in Crimea
Reuters Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russia-installed Governor of the city of Sevastopol, […]
“Devastating effect”: Amid ceasefire push, Palestinians released from Israeli jails bear mental, physical scars
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, MAYTAAL ANGEL AND ALI SAWAFTA, of Reuters, report on claims of alleged abuses and psychological harm to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and camps…
Ukraine launches new attack in Kursk region of western Russia
Reuters Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months. Ukrainian troops broke across the border in a surprise incursion on 6th August and have managed to hold […]
Essay: Entering Jubilee 2025 with hope for our common home
Bishop JOSEPH J TYSON, of the US Catholic Diocese of Yakima, says when we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue…