Sep 20 Pope Francis goes to Marseille to show solidarity with migrants, but will Europe listen amid an influx? By Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The future, he said this past weekend about his upcoming trip to Marseille, “will only be prosperous if it is built on fraternity, putting human dignity, real people and especially the most needy, first.”… Continue reading
Sep 20 India moves toward reserving 33 percent of the seats in Parliament and state legislatures for women By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Indian President Droupadi Murmu called the measure the most "transformative revolution in our times" for gender justice. Continue reading
Sep 20 Left behind and grieving, survivors of devastating Libya floods call for accountability By Samy Magdy, Yousef Murad, Associated Press Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. Many survivors are still sheltering inside the wrecked city, waiting for word that the bodies of their loved ones have been… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 6:01 Tensions escalate between Canada and India over killing of outspoken Sikh leader By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi India and Canada are caught up in a tense diplomatic showdown over the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week linked the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar to India's government. Both… Continue watching
Sep 20 UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to curtail democracy ahead of 2024 election By Associated Press A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country's government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment. Continue reading
Sep 20 UK Prime Minister Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Sunak says Britain remains committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, but in a way that won't "impose unacceptable costs on hard-pressed British families."… Continue reading
Sep 20 Communication outage hits flood-stricken city in Libya, complicating search efforts By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Libya's state-owned telecommunications company says the outage began when fiber-optic cables in eastern Libya were severed Tuesday. Internet and phone service were knocked out, with residents and journalists unable to reach those inside the city of Derna. Continue reading
Sep 20 UN chief warns 'gates of hell' are at hand in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations remain silent By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In his Wednesday special climate ambition summit he was pleading with major polluting nations to do more. Those nations remain silent. Continue reading
Sep 20 Biden and Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva focus on workers' rights, play down differences By David Biller, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focused on workers' rights as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere's largest democracies met Wednesday in New York. Continue reading
Sep 20 Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Sikh activist whose killing has divided Canada and India? By Krutika Pathi, David Cohen, Associated Press The late Hardeep Singh Nijjar has been called a human rights activist by Sikh organizations. He has been called a terrorist by India's government, which he dismissed. Continue reading