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How a Band of Activists Helped Bring Down Sri Lanka’s Government
Date: July 11, 2022
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement. The group, which included a Catholic priest, a digital strategist and a popular playwright, succeeded beyond...
Don’t Bring Your Babies Into Parliamentary Debates, UK Lawmakers Told
Date: June 30, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers should not bring babies to parliamentary proceedings and debates, a committee reviewing the rules said on Thursday. The decision stirs a debate about whether the working culture in parliament acts as a deterrent to some potential candidates. That has in recent years encompassed not only whether it is compatible with...
Prince Charles Expresses Sorrow Over Slavery in Commonwealth Speech
Date: June 24, 2022
By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda on Friday and acknowledged that the roots of the organisation lay in a painful period of history. The Commonwealth, a club of 54 countries that evolved from the British Empire, encompasses...
Pope Shocked by Killing of Jesuit Priests in Mexico
Date: June 22, 2022
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of two Jesuit priests and a lay person in Mexico, saying it was a shocking reminder of the level of violence in the country. “So many killings in Mexico,” Francis said at the end of his general audience for thousands of people in St....
Pope Says Ukraine Invasion Violates ‘self-Determination of Peoples’
Date: June 14, 2022
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The invasion of Ukraine is a violation of a country’s right to self determination, Pope Francis said in a message published on Tuesday. The pope spoke of the war in Ukraine in a message for the Roman Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor, which will be marked in November. “The...
Nigeria to Require Social Media Platforms to Open Local Offices
Date: June 14, 2022
ABUJA (Reuters) – Online platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok will be required to register and open offices in Nigeria and appoint contact persons with the government, draft regulations from the information technology development agency show. The code of practice for “interactive computer service platforms/internet intermediaries” was meant to curb online abuse, including disinformation and...