China clears memorial to mass killing victims as government scrambles to respond
Zhuhai, China Reuters Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai removed wreaths, candles and bottles of Chinese alcohol, offerings laid at the scene of the deadliest mass killing in the country in a decade, as the government scrambled to respond and censor online outrage. On Monday, a male driver angry at his divorce settlement, […]
South Koreans still seek answers 10 years after Sewol ferry disaster
Ansan, South Korea Reuters South Korea remembered the 304 people, most of them school children, who died on the Sewol ferry on the 10th anniversary of its sinking on Tuesday, with families calling for a proper apology for the unnecessary deaths of their loved ones. Many parents attended a memorial service in the city of […]
A year after deadly South Korean crush, families fight for accountability
Seoul, South Korea Reuters One year after Park Young-soo lost her only son in a Halloween weekend crowd crush that killed 159 people in the South Korean capital, she still can’t bring herself to open the door to his room. She says she may not be able to move on with her life until she […]
Paddington Bear tributes to Queen Elizabeth II to go to charity
London, UK Reuters More than 1,000 Paddingtons and other teddy bears left by well-wishers as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death last month, will be handed over to a children’s charity, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The cuddly toys were among a huge number of floral tributes and messages which were left […]
Prayers, wreaths mark 20th anniversary of Bali bombing
Updated: 6:15pm (AEST) Kuta, Indonesia/Sydney, Australia Reuters Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site of the blasts in Indonesia and across Australia. A total of 202 people, including 88 Australians […]
Postcards: Fearing civil war amnesia, activists fight to preserve Beirut port silos
TIMOUR AZHARI, of Reuters, reports from Lebanon on efforts to keep what some believe would be a powerful acknowledgement of suffering in a nation still struggling to come to terms with years of war and strife…
Forty years after Falklands conflict a “battle for memory” goes on
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentine army veteran Luis Poncetta has travelled twice to the Falkland Islands to pay tribute to comrades who fell in a 74-day conflict with British forces 40 years ago. The divisions, he has found, still linger. Argentina and Britain have long disputed the sovereignty of the British-run group of islands in […]
Florida condo collapse: Weighing how to honour dead a “holy site”
Surfside, Florida, US AP As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the ruins of the Champlain Towers South: What will become of the ground that bears so much pain? “There’s a lot of emotion. […]
To honour slave trade victims, a memorial in the depths of the Atlantic
New York, US Thomson Reuters Foundation Tributes to victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade can be found in museums and through statues, but a new proposal is calling for a memorial that can neither be visited nor even seen. A virtual memorial of ribbons on maps of the Atlantic deep seabed could honour the estimated […]
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge
Selma, Alabama AP The late US Representative John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. The bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten there 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday”, a […]