australia
Australians vote in first ‘climate election’
World
May 18, 2019
Australians vote in first ‘climate election’
Australians flocked to the polls Saturday capping a bitterly fought election that may be the first anywhere decided by climate…
Indigenous Australians take government to UN over climate change
Environment
May 13, 2019
Indigenous Australians take government to UN over climate change
Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing…
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
World
April 16, 2019
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year,…
Egyptian female peacekeeper receives UN Medal
Egypt
April 10, 2019
Egyptian female peacekeeper receives UN Medal
An Egyptian female peacekeeper was granted the UN Medal by Force Commander Lieutenant General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho at a…
Judge orders psychiatric test for Christchurch shooting suspect
World
April 5, 2019
Judge orders psychiatric test for Christchurch shooting suspect
The man accused of shooting dead 50 Muslim worshippers in a Christchurch mosque sat impassively Friday as a New Zealand…
Migration minister to visit Egyptians injured in New Zealand mosque attacks
Egypt
March 19, 2019
Migration minister to visit Egyptians injured in New Zealand mosque attacks
Migration Minister Nabila Makram will visit New Zealand on Tuesday to visit the 11 Egyptians injured in the mosque attacks…
A squeezed hand offers glimmer of hope after New Zealand massacre
World
March 18, 2019
A squeezed hand offers glimmer of hope after New Zealand massacre
Lying outside a Christchurch mosque, bleeding from a gunshot wound that tore through his chest, Abbas Tahir Endrise was unable…
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
Environment
March 18, 2019
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of…
Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque
World
March 17, 2019
Hero refugee chased gunman away from NZealand mosque
When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the…
New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre
World
March 16, 2019
New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre
New Zealand’s prime minister vowed Saturday to toughen the country’s gun laws after revealing the alleged shooter behind Christchurch’s mosque…