Episcopal bishop criticised by President Trump has a two-book deal with young readers publisher
New York City, US AP The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev Mariann Edgar Budde’s best-selling How We Learn to Be Brave. This cover image released by Penguin Young Readers shows ‘We Can Be Brave: How We Learn […]
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US to provide short-term funding for program tracking abducted Ukrainian children
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters The US State Department said on Thursday that short-term funding was being given to an initiative documenting abducted Ukrainian children, after Republican President Donald Trump’s administration decided to pause the program on 25th January. The US Government-funded initiative led by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab helped track thousands of Ukrainian children abducted […]
Detention of South Sudan’s VP Machar cancels peace deal, his party says
Reuters The detention of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday. The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan called for restraint, saying the country stood on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict. “This will not only devastate […]
Brazil prosecutor general decides not to charge Bolsonaro for vaccine records fraud
Braslia, Brazil Reuters Brazil Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet decided not to charge former President Jair Bolsonaro with fraud in his vaccination records, asking the Supreme Court to throw out the case, a document showed on Thursday. Gonet said he could not press charges against Bolsonaro based only on allegations from a plea-bargain deal with a […]
Finnish Government seeks to extend ban on migrants seeking asylum on Russia border
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Finland’s right-wing government has asked parliament to extend until the end of 2026 a law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its closed eastern border with Russia and to send them back, it said on Thursday. NATO member Finland has accused Russia of weaponising migration by encouraging migrants […]
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
Andong, South Korea Reuters Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated. More than 38,000 hectares have been charred or were still burning in the largest of the […]
Greenland agrees to form broad government in shadow of Trump pressure, local media reports
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Greenland’s Democrats will announce a four-party coalition government on Friday, local media said on Thursday, following an election overshadowed by US President Donald Trump’s interest in taking control of the island. The expected announcement of a broad coalition would come on the day that US Vice President JD Vance is set to […]
Syria: How sectarian violence spread to capital, terrorising Alawites
MAYA GEBEILY, TIMOUR AZHARI AND FERAS DALATEY, of Reuters, report on how Alawites were targeted in the capital of Damascus as sectarian killings were taking place in the country’s west…
Sudanese Christians pray in secret, plead for end to war and religious attacks
Khartoum, Sudan RNS In the Al Jazirah state of central-southeast Sudan, Peter and dozens of his neighbours hold secret prayer services whenever they can. They’ve had to hide their Christian worship services amid the civil war in the country, especially after an attack by the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary organisation formerly operated by the […]