Antiquities official say they’ll dig deeper into tomb in search of priest’s sarcophagus He was known as Wahtye, and served as royal priest or high-ranking religious figure carrying the title “divine inspector.” And he must have been someone of great importance, for when he was buried in the southwest outskirts ... Read More »
Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir becomes first Arab League member to visit Syria since 2011
Visit comes amid growing calls from some Arab states to normalise ties with Syrian regime Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir made a surprise trip to Syria on Sunday, becoming the first Arab League leader to visit the country since war began there in 2011. The president met Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, ... Read More »
Climate talks pass baton in race to stop global warming
Fractious climate change talks in Poland showed the limits of international action to limit global warming in a polarized world, putting the onus on individual governments, cities and communities to stop temperatures rising. Nearly 200 countries at the United Nations talks in Katowice – in the coal mining region of ... Read More »
Thousands march in Brussels against U.N. migration pact
Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Sunday against a U.N. pact aimed at fostering cooperation on migration, eclipsing a smaller demonstration in support of the deal, the signing of which brought down Belgium’s government last week. Police said some 5,500 people marched in the bigger protest, organized by Flemish ... Read More »
‘All I want for Christmas is democracy,’ say Hungary protesters
Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the increasingly authoritarian rule of right-wing nationalist Viktor Orban. Braving sub-zero temperatures, setting off flares and waving Hungarian and European Union flags, about 10,000 demonstrators walked ... Read More »
Johnson and Johnson knew about cancer-causing asbestos in baby in baby powder for decades, new report claims
New Jersey-based company insists products remains safe Shares of the pharma and medical giant Johnson & Johnson have tumbled sharply after an investigation suggested the company had known for years its famous baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. Reuters published a lengthy enquiry into one of the company’s most ... Read More »
Europe Ukraine forms new unified Orthodox Church in defiance of Moscow
President Petro Poroshenko describes the founding of church as ‘day of final independence from Russia’ For proponents of Ukrainian independence, Saturday was a long-awaited day. Inside Kiev’s St Sophia Cathedral, a unification council of 190 delegates gathered to serve the final rites on the country’s 332-year-old religious ties with Moscow ... Read More »
India’s ruling party aware it must tackle problems after state poll setbacks
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party officials are gathering on Thursday for talks on a general election due by May, with their deliberations overshadowed by the party’s defeat at the polls in three heartland rural states. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the gathering, to be chaired by the ... Read More »
Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms
Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world’s oceans The Earth is far more alive than previously thought, according to “deep life” studies that reveal a rich ecosystem beneath our feet that is almost twice the size of all the world’s oceans. Despite ... Read More »
UN states agree historic global deal to manage migration crisis
First international pact on movements of people reached between 164 nations, despite US-led objections The first ever international deal on the migration crisis was signed on Monday by a majority of UN states, despite vociferous objections led by the United States. The historic, non-binding global pact seeking to better manage ... Read More »