Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nuclear disarmament group hopes Nobel Prize will combat apathy
GENEVA (Reuters) - A coalition campaigning against nuclear weapons said on Friday that it hoped the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo would counter apathy surr...
Oct 11, 2024
Over 100 medics and emergency workers killed in Lebanon conflict, UN rights office says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday that over 100 medics and emergency workers had been killed in Lebanon since a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago. The...
Oct 11, 2024
Israel military chief held security assessment in south Lebanon, army says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's military chief and the head of its Shin Ben security agency held a security assessment inside southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said on Friday. "We continue to o...
Oct 11, 2024
Two reception centres in Albania ready to handle migrants sent by Italy
SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) - Two reception centres built in Albania to take in migrants arriving in Italy opened their doors on Friday, an Italian official said, part of a deal between the two countr...
Oct 11, 2024
Ukraine investigates death of journalist in Russian detention
By Dan Peleschuk (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday it was investigating the death in Russian captivity of a Ukrainian journalist whose first-hand reports provided a glimpse into life under Russian oc...
Oct 11, 2024
For Hiroshima survivor hugged by Obama, Nobel puts focus on denuclearisation
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who survived the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and was decades later hugged by Barack Obama during the then U.S. President's visit to the city, said ...
Oct 11, 2024
Germany's Scholz to discuss Middle East, Ukraine with Erdogan in Istanbul
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Oct. 19, where they will discuss the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East...
Oct 11, 2024
UN officials concerned about impact of north Gaza evacuation orders on polio campaign
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations officials voiced concerns on Friday that an Israeli offensive and evacuation orders in northern Gaza might affect the second phase of its polio vaccination campaign s...
Oct 11, 2024
Record wildfires ravage Peru's ecosystems and wildlife
By Alexander Villegas and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - A record number of fires tore through Peru over the past few weeks, wreaking havoc across the country's ecosystems as grasslands, dry forests, c...
Oct 11, 2024
Off Argentina's Patagonian coast, whales and their calves dive deep for food
By Miguel Lo Bianco PUERTO MADRYN, Argentina (Reuters) - In the icy seas off Argentina's southern Patagonian coast, an important breeding ground for whales, scientists are studying the huge marine mam...
Oct 11, 2024
