March marks yet another record in global heat
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday. Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world’s hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous […]
Israel’s government faces pressure as hostage families march on Jerusalem seeking answers
Jerusalem Reuters The families of Israeli hostages and thousands of their supporters arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday at the end of a five-day march to confront the government over the plight of those taken captive by Hamas in Gaza. An estimated 20,000 marchers, including well-wishers who joined the procession along the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, […]
Poland marches defend John Paul II from abuse cover-up claim
Warsaw, Poland AP Thousands of Poles joined marches Sunday in defence of the late pope, St John Paul II, following a TV documentary that alleged he covered up child sex abuse involving clergy in his native Poland before his election as pontiff. The marches took place in Warsaw and other cities on the 18th anniversary of John […]
Pakistan ex-PM Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections. Smaller protests by Khan’s supporters took place last week after Pakistan’s top election tribunal found Khan […]
Flag-waving Israelis take to streets, skirmishes erupt in Al-Aqsa mosque
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israeli nationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs”, marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, defying threats of retaliation from Palestinian militants. The annual parade celebrates Israel’s capture of Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, but has increasingly become a show of strength […]
Pakistani ex-PM Khan demands new elections be set in six days
Islamabad, Pakistan AP Defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan early Thursday warned Pakistan’s government to set new elections in the next six days or he will again march on the capital along with three million people. Khan spoke at a rally of thousands of demonstrators in Islamabad aiming to bring down the government and force […]
The Interview: John Lewis’ co-author talks faith, voting rights and their new graphic novel, ‘Run’
ADELLE M BANKS, speaks to Andrew Aydin about his new graphic novel, co-authored with late US congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis…
Updated: Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Updated: 10am AEST Gaza Reuters Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory. The flare-up, a first test for Israel’s new government, followed a march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday […]
New Israeli Government approves nationalist march in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Israel’s new government on Monday approved a Jewish nationalist march in Jerusalem, a step that risks inflaming tensions with Palestinians hours after veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu handed over power to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. In the flag-waving procession, planned for Tuesday, far-right groups will march in and around East Jerusalem’s walled Old […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘LITTLE WOMEN’ GETS AN UPLIFTING CONTEMPORARY REMAKE
DAVID ADAMS watches the latest ‘Little Women’ remake…