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Australians to create ‘black box’ to hold world accountable for climate crisis

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian scientists and artists are looking to hold the world accountable for the Earth’s future by creating an “indestructible” storage device to record humanity’s handling of the climate change crisis. Inspired by an aeroplane’s flight recorder, the “Earth’s Black Box” will be built in 2022 on the remote west coast of Tasmania, …

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Motorcycle bomb kills four in Iraq, official blames Islamic State

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) -A bomb killed four people in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday, the first such attack in years in a part of the country that has enjoyed relative stability, and a senior official said Islamic State militants were suspected of carrying it out. The blast, near a …

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Germany’s Scholz says any threat to Ukraine unacceptable

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz expressed concern on Tuesday about Russian troop movements on the Ukrainian border and said any attempts to cross the frontier would be unacceptable. “It is very, very important that no one rolls through the history books to draw new borders,” Scholz said at a news conference after signing a …

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Kenyan “rogue” policeman kills six in rampage – police

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan police officer shot dead six people in a rampage in a neighbourhood in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday and then shot and killed himself, police said. The officer first shot and killed his wife at their home before setting off with his service-issued AK-47 rifle to shoot dead …

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Vaccine mandates ‘absolute last resort’, WHO Europe head says

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Mandatory vaccinations against the coronavirus are an “absolute last resort”, the World Health Organization’s top Europe official said on Tuesday. More and more countries in Europe, including Germany, are debating whether to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory after Austria announced in November it would make inoculations compulsory as of Feb. 1 next year, …

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Kremlin expects no breakthrough at Putin-Biden talks, urges calm

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said it expected no breakthrough later on Tuesday at virtual talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden over Ukraine, but urged people to remain calm despite mounting tensions. Biden and Putin are expected to hold a video conference at around 1500 GMT amid Western fears about …

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Russia sending snipers and tanks to try to provoke Ukraine in Donbass, Kyiv says

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of deploying tanks and additional sniper teams to the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, ready to inflict casualties on Ukrainian soldiers and try to provoke return fire. Ukraine’s defence ministry issued the statement hours before U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will …

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Dutch appeals court: Israel’s Gantz cannot be held liable for Palestinian deaths in 2014

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An appeals court in the Netherlands on Tuesday found that Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz cannot be held responsible for the death of six Palestinians in an Israeli air strike on Gaza in 2014. (Reporting by Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Alex Richardson)

Truck collides with minibus in northern Ukraine, at least 10 killed

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

KYIV (Reuters) – A truck collided with a minibus on a highway in northern Ukraine on Tuesday morning, killing at least ten people and injuring seven, a statement by the emergency services said. Rescuers were at the scene in the Chernihiv region, the statement said. (Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by …

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Princess Amalia, heir to Dutch throne, quietly celebrates 18th birthday

7 Dec 2021 7 Dec 2021

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The heir to the Dutch throne, Crown Princess Amalia, was expected to quietly celebrate her 18th birthday at home on Tuesday, in line with the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules and the tradition of the Netherlands’ low-key monarchy. The occasion means that Amalia, the eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander, is now in theory …

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