India Blocks Foreign Funding For Mother Teresa Charity
The Missionaries of Charity run community kitchens, schools and hospices across India
India's government has refused to renew the foreign-funding licence for a charity founded by Mother Teresa.
The Missionaries of Charity has thousands of nuns supervising projects like homes for abandoned ... Read More
Covid: France Tightens Restrictions Amid Omicron Surge
France has announced tighter Covid restrictions amid concerns over the Omicron variant.
From 3 January, remote working will become compulsory for those who can and public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people for indoor events.
The news comes as France recorded ... Read More
Somali President Suspends PM Over Election And Mismanagement...
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
The president of Somalia has suspended the country’s prime minister over alleged corruption in the latest fight over who will lead the country and the nation’s delayed elections. Critics of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known ... Read More
Climate Change: Huge Toll Of Extreme Weather Disasters In 20...
In South Sudan floods caused hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes
Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to a new report.
The study, from the charity Christian Aid, ... Read More
World Reflects On Legacy Of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
People take photos at a statue of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 26, 2021.
The world is reflecting on the legacy of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died ... Read More
Desmond Tutu: South Africa Anti-apartheid Hero Dies Aged 90
Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman's death marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding ... Read More
Covid: Christmas Flights Cancelled And New Curbs Amid Omicro...
Millions of people are facing travel disruption and increased Covid restrictions over Christmas, as the surging Omicron variant sees safety curbs tightened and flights cancelled.
Italy, Spain and Greece have made face masks compulsory outdoors again.
Catalonia, in northern Spain, has imposed ... Read More
West Condemns ‘Deployment’ Of Russian Mercenarie...
The Malian flag is hoisted during the handover ceremony of the Barkhane military base from the French to the Malian army in Timbuktu, on Dec. 14, 2021.
More than a dozen Western powers on Thursday expressed anger that Russian mercenaries working ... Read More
WHO Chief Warns COVID Booster Programs May Prolong Pandemic
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO
The World Health Organization’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Wednesday that blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programs will not bring a definite end to the global pandemic, but prolong it, as poorer ... Read More
South Africa Rolls Out COVID Vaccines For Undocumented Immig...
In the December holiday season of giving, undocumented immigrants in South Africa are getting the gift of COVID-19 vaccinations.
The government, with the help of nonprofit groups, is offering the vaccine to the country’s estimated 2 million undocumented in a bid ... Read More