Week in pictures: From turmoil in DR Congo to a climate protest in Jakarta
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
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In Mexico, pan de muerto (bread of the dead) is a special sweet bread made annually for the Day of the Dead in early November. Shaped like a roll and topped with a cross and a nub – meant to symbolise bones and teardrops or hearts – the pan de…
More than five years after the defeat of ISIL (ISIS) and decades of conflict, Iraq remains scarred by war. A journey through the country is punctuated with checkpoints, with armed soldiers standing watch at every crossroads. In Mosul, the country’s second city and former capital for the ISIL group, children…
Several human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to plant pests and the introduction of alien species. Credit: Jency Samuel/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 10 (IPS) – Two big facts are…
Comment on this story Comment PARIS — Eleven current or former French bishops have been accused of sexual abuse, the head of the French bishops’ conference said Monday, signaling that a number of high-level Catholic Church officials not only turned a blind eye for decades but may have been perpetrators…
Hong Kong, China – For decades, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways (CPA) stood as a proud symbol of the city’s international status and an exemplar of Asian aviation. These days, the flagship carrier is treated more like the Chinese-ruled financial hub’s bete noire, regularly receiving severe scrutiny and criticism from…
Comment on this story Comment UNITED NATIONS — The United States and key Western allies accused Russia on Friday of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine in violation of a 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution and international humanitarian law. Russia countered by accusing Ukraine of…
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