Pope Francis has apologised to a Canadian indigenous delegation for the Catholic Church’s role in the country’s residential school system. The schools, operated for more than a century, were run as part of government policy to assimilate indigenous children and destroy their cultures. The Roman Catholic Church operated up to 70% of residential schools. Prime […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Arun Bakshi as an awardee of National & Global Awards, organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). “Arun Bakshi is an Indian film singer who has sung in numerous Bollywood films” https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist […]
Russia-Ukraine war Many of the Russian troops occupying the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl have left, Ukraine’s state nuclear company says. Energoatom said two columns of Russian forces had set off towards the Belarusian border, leaving just a few at the site. The announcement appears to confirm reports by senior US defence officials […]
The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia’s war in Ukraine, reports say. Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for “inadequate briefings” and a “lack of mastery of subjects”. The US correctly assessed that Russia was planning […]
Killing of Jamal Khashoggi A Turkish prosecutor has asked a court in Istanbul to halt the trial in absentia of 26 Saudi nationals over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The prosecutor said the case should be transferred to Saudi Arabia, which has refused to extradite the defendants. Khashoggi, a US-based Saudi journalist […]
Two Palestinians have been killed and 15 injured during an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say. The Israeli military said its troops responded to fire from Palestinian gunmen as they apprehended “terrorist suspects”. One soldier was injured. The raid came after a man from a nearby […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Arun Bakshi as an awardee of National & Global Awards, organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). “Arun Bakshi is an Indian film singer who has sung in numerous Bollywood films” https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist […]
By Tom Espiner and Michael Race Business reporters, BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Germany and Austria have triggered emergency plans over possible gas supply disruption amid a payments stand-off with Russia. Russia had demanded “unfriendly” countries pay for its gas in roubles from 31 March, but the EU, which mainly pays in euros, rejected the […]
Russia-Ukraine war There has been no let-up in attacks on Ukraine’s northern cities despite Russia’s pledge to reduce military action, regional authorities say. Russia said on Tuesday it would cut back operations around Chernihiv and the capital, Kyiv, in an effort to “boost mutual trust” in peace talks. But the Chernihiv region’s governor told […]
Five people have been shot dead by a Palestinian gunman in a suburb of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, in the third deadly attack of its kind in a week. It happened on Tuesday evening in Bnei Brak, one of the country’s most populous ultra-Orthodox Jewish areas. The gunman was shot dead by police, […]
