Tag: international
Greenpeace says Asian Development Bank’s new draft energy policy misses mark
Greenpeace says ADB's draft police "falls short and completely misses the mark in responding to this decade’s realities"
Italy’s ‘boy judge’ killed by mafia beatified for being ‘martyr of...
Known as the "boy judge" because he looked younger than his 37 years, Rosario Livatino had led many investigations into the mob
Myanmar poet dies after being detained, his family says
Khet Thi penned the line "They shoot in the head, but they don't know the revolution is in the heart."
Hong Kong authorities ban books of six authors critical of government
Authorities has ordered library staff to remove copies of nine books by six authors because the titles had to undergo government review
Spotlight: A place of worship and vaccination
A Catholic church near Bangkok's biggest slum is helping to fight the pandemic by hosting a COVID-19 vaccination center
Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines; EU...
In a speech to a fundraising concert to promote access to vaccines, the pope said the world was infected with the "virus of individualism"
Pope Francis prays for India as thousands more die of COVID-19
India's health ministry reported 4,092 fatalities over the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 242,362
Rights groups press for UN arms embargo on Myanmar
Rights groups said the UN Security Council should take its consensus on Myanmar to a new level and agree on immediate and substantive action
Women’s lives in peril as world faces shortage of midwives
The report said the acute shortage of midwives is "exacting a terrible global toll in the form of preventable deaths"
Pope Francis’ urges Catholics to pray for global financial markets
Pope Francis urged the faithful to pray "to prevent the poor from paying the consequences" of "financial speculation"