Bangladesh protesters torch ousted PM Hasina’s father’s home
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered a fiery social media speech calling on her supporters to stand against the interim government. Witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers, and other tools, gathered around […]
French prosecutors won’t investigate sexual abuse allegations against revered priest Abbé Pierre
Paris, France AP The Paris prosecutor said Tuesday it cannot investigate allegations by several women who said they were sexually assaulted or harassed by Abbé Pierre, a nationally revered priest and humanitarian crusader who died in 2007. The allegations against him first surfaced last year and were detailed in an internal report by Abbé Pierre’s […]
A Sustainable Life: To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees
GREGORY MOORE, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how trees can help reduce temperatures in urban areas…
A button and a buckle: the memory of Franco’s firing squads 85 years on
Paterna, Spain Reuters Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought some comfort. The remains of 18 people executed by soldiers and buried in a mass grave during the […]
UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The UN refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of donations on hold as part of its foreign aid freeze, the organisation’s boss told Reuters. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said he had asked […]
At least 17 students die in fire in northern Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters At least 17 students died in a fire in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Tuesday night, a state police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The students at an Islamic school in Kauran Namoda town in Zamfara State, who were between seven and 17-years-old, died in the blaze while around 12 others were taken […]
Thailand cuts power, fuel and internet supply to parts of Myanmar
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Thailand has cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to five border areas in Myanmar, a senior Thai minister said on Wednesday, as the South-East Asian nation steps up efforts to choke scam centres that have become a growing security concern. “They may face challenges of lower power supply, but we are at […]
Argentina to withdraw from WHO after Trump exit, citing “deep differences”
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), a presidential spokesperson said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump’s executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group. A view shows The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28th January, 2025. […]
Israel-US relations: Why conservative American evangelicals are among Israel’s strongest supporters
TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports that a meeting between US evangelicals and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a reminder of the influence evangelical Christian Zionists wield as Trump begins his second term…
Hope turns to regret among Syrians returning home from Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey/Aleppo, Syria Reuters Ahmed al-Sheikh’s excitement at returning to his homeland from neighbouring Turkey after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has turned to bitter disappointment at the grim living conditions in Syria after some 13 years of war. Sheikh is one of 35,000 Syrians who left Turkey for Syria full of hope in the […]