By Padraic Halpin and Siyabonga Sishi DUBLIN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Ryanair is requiring South African passengers to prove their nationality before travelling by completing a test in Afrikaans, a language used by just 12% of the population that has lo…
M23 rebels kill two Congo soldiers as fighting resumes – army
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Two soldiers were killed in fighting against M23 militants in eastern Congo on Monday, the army said – the latest violence in a long-standing conflict that has escalated in recent we…
Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk rages through city’s streets
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in a pivotal battle of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. …
Two die as storm winds, lightning hit Kosovo
PRISTINA (Reuters) -A man was killed and a woman injured when a falling tree hit them during a storm in Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Monday afternoon, police said. Less than an hour later, another man was killed and his workmate injured when lightning …
At least 160 Conservative lawmakers back PM Johnson: Reuters tally
LONDON (Reuters) – At least 160 British lawmakers from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party had publicly indicated support for him ahead of the result a confidence vote over his leadership on Monday, a Reuters tally showed. A total of 180 …
Apple dives deeper into autos with software for car dashboard
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple Inc on Monday announced it would more deeply integrate its software into the instrument cluster on the dashboard of cars that will start shipping next year, while analysts and developers are keenly awaiting any hints …
China-Canada tensions rising again over N.Korea air patrols
BEIJING/OTTAWA (Reuters) -Diplomatic tensions between China and Canada are rising again, with each country accusing the other of using their military aircraft flying near North Korea of provocation and harassment. Earlier on Monday, China’s foreign min…
Blood on the church walls – gruesome scenes after Nigeria attack
By Temilade Adelaja and Seun Sanni OWO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Streaks of blood on the floors and walls, sandals abandoned in a desperate rush to escape, a well-thumbed Bible lying among shards of glass. Those were some of the disturbing sights inside St …
Russia calls for coordinated BRICS action against global economic risks
(Reuters) – Russia, hit by Western sanctions, has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to coordinate measures to stabilise the economic situation, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday. Siluanov told a ministerial and centra…
Catholic priest abducted from rectory in Nigeria, diocese says
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Obangede in central Kogi State during the weekend, the local Catholic diocese said on Monday. It said parishioners went to look for Father Christopher Itopa Onotu…