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Rohingya Refugees in India’s Capital to Be Given Flats, Security
Date: August 17, 2022
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in India’s capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority. “India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge,” Minister for Housing and Urban...
Prince Harry and Meghan to Visit Britain Next Month
Date: August 15, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit Britain and Germany in the first week of September as part of their work with charities, a spokesperson for the couple said on Monday. The couple joined the royal family at a thanksgiving service in London in June as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum...
A Year After Taliban’s Return, Some Women Fight for Lost Freedoms
Date: August 9, 2022
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily. Before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement swept back to power a year ago, the 31-year-old served as a director of policy monitoring at the finance...
At 75, Edinburgh Festival More Intent Than Ever on Healing Divisions
Date: August 1, 2022
By Barbara Lewis and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – Self-described working class playwright Kieton Saunders-Browne used to think the Edinburgh Fringe wasn’t for people like him – until a fund set up to draw a more diverse cast of performers to the world’s largest arts festival stepped in to help. The 24-year-old Londoner, of Irish...
Winding up Canada Trip, Pope Visits Historic Churches
Date: July 28, 2022
By Philip Pullella and Kevin Dougherty SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday visits two of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in North America as he winds up a trip to Canada centered on his apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the country’s notorious residential schools. In the morning Francis presides at a...
Pope: Church Must Take Institutional Blame for Harm Done to Indigenous Canadians
Date: July 27, 2022
By Philip Pullella and Tim Johnson LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Tuesday said the Roman Catholic Church should accept institutional blame for the harm done to indigenous Canadians in residential schools that tried to wipe out native cultures. Francis made his comment during a visit to Lac Ste. Anne, a lakeside pilgrimage...