TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take decades to complete. The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake….
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Television footage from the small town of Pervomaiskyi showed a tall residential building with smashed windows and black smoke pouring…
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, said on Tuesday he is working on a “mechanism” that could ensure the return of children who according to Kyiv have been abducted to Russia. “We’ll see how we can start the mechanism for the children (and) help as we have said on…
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -A campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead French teenager Nahel M. topped 1.47 million euros($1.6 million) on Tuesday, far outstripping donations to Nahel’s family and causing shame and anger among many French people. The fallout from the shooting, and from the wave of…
By Krishn Kaushik and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday sought to forge closer ties and boost cooperation within the expanding Eurasian bloc but stressed the group is not directed against any other states. A joint declaration by the leaders at the end of an online summit…
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – The Church of England’s governing body will deliberate on how priests could carry out blessings for same-sex couples when it gathers in the cathedral city of York for a five-day meeting on Friday. The assembly of bishops, clergy and laity – called the General Synod – is also due…
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Armed masked men attacked and seriously injured a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer in the Russian region of Chechnya on Tuesday morning after forcing their car to stop, the journalist, her employer and rights groups said. Yelena Milashina, a well-known journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was travelling to…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday gave an initial nod to a bill that limits Supreme Court power to rule against the government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would press on with contentious changes to the justice system. In a stormy session broadcast live, Parliament’s constitution committee, dominated by Netanyahu’s…
By Stephanie van den Berg and Maya Gebeily THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) – In the early years of Syria’s brutal conflict, top government officials established and directed paramilitary groups known as shabbiha to help the state crack down on opponents, war crimes investigators have documented. In a report shared with Reuters, the Commission for International Justice…
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had been in touch with his Turkish counterpart about a ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership and if there is a shift in Turkey’s stance Hungary will not delay the process. Sweden, dropping a longtime policy of military non-alignment following Russia’s invasion…
