North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, marking Pyongyang’s latest show of force just days ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office. The missiles travelled about 250 kilometres after lifting off at around 09:30am from Kanggye, Jagang Province, near […]
Head of hostage NGO believes US journalist Tice still in Syria
Damascus, Syria Reuters The head of an American organisation focused on hostage releases said on Monday he believes US journalist Austin Tice was still being held in Syria by people loyal to toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. Speaking to Reuters in Damascus, Nizar Zakka said he believed Tice was being held by “very few people in […]
Secret UK files detailing confessions of Cambridge Five spies released
London, UK Reuters Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain’s most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday. Philby and Blunt were, along with Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and John Cairncross, part of […]
Mexican firefighters prepare to do battle with LA fires
Los Angeles, US Reuters A contingent of 72 Mexican firefighters received a briefing from US fire officials on Monday alongside their American counterparts before heading out to help fight the wildfires plaguing Southern California. The group is made up of military specialists, including doctors, engineers and search and rescue personnel, as well as a group […]
Trial of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon set to begin
Seoul, South Korea Reuters Arguments are due to begin in a South Korean court on Tuesday in a trial to decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached after his short-lived bid to impose martial law threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades. However, the Constitutional Court session is […]
Biden defends foreign policy record despite ongoing crises
Washington DC, US Reuters Outgoing President Joe Biden sought to burnish his foreign policy record on Monday and said US adversaries are weaker than when he took office four years ago despite global crises that remain unresolved. A week before handing over to President-elect Donald Trump, Biden addressed US diplomats at the State Department and […]
If we just loved them
Imagine if when we looked at people, we saw who they could be if we loved them. PICTURE: Vlad Rasuceanu/iStockphoto Not in a romantic way, just the potential if we gave them some time. Treated them with respect and invested something of us into who they could be. Not in some paternalistic, condescending way. Just […]
Greenland to set terms of defence and mining ties with US, says PM
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Monday the country is looking to strengthen its defence and mining ties with the United States, albeit on its own terms, following renewed interest from US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who takes office on 20th January, last week returned to an idea floated during his […]
Grassroots advocacy: In San Antonio, a pioneer of modern faith-based community organising has deep roots
Starting with flooding, COPS/Metro, a grassroots advocacy organisation consisting largely of San Antonio religious groups, took on the issues that San Antonio leaders were neglecting, revitalising a strategy of faith-based organising that spread throughout the US. ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
With tacos and toys, Angelenos rally to support neighbours after fires
Arcadia, California Reuters Yuri Williams donned a red superhero costume and hauled $US2,000 worth of toys to a temporary Los Angeles-area donation center on Sunday, hoping to bring cheer to people displaced by this week’s devastating wildfires. A child waved and shouted “Hi, Deadpool!” to Williams as he offered them crayons, street chalk, board games […]