UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda
London, UK Reuters British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy. Parliament last month approved a law that paves the way for sending asylum […]
Taliban defends record on women as UN looks at path forward
United Nations Reuters Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is “obligated” to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists. The UN Security Council asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the independent assessment, which was submitted […]
No pay: In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, workers count the cost of war
KATE MIGIRO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how health workers and civil servants in Tigray – who hoped a peace deal would mean their wages resumed – are are still waiting…
UK’s teachers and civil servants join mass strike on ‘Walkout Wednesday’
London, UK Reuters Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on Wednesday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands. The mass walkouts across the country shut schools, halted most […]