By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1634 EAT on Friday 18 April 2025 The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned. “We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks…
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Churches highlight the “Spirit of Nicaea” in their Easter Messages
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1555 EAT on Friday 18 April 2025 In their respective Easter Messages, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the World Council of Churches draw upon the spiritual and historical significance of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago, to emphasize unity and their shared tradition…
Biden blasts Trump’s domestic policies in first post presidency address
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1403 EAT on Wednesday 16 April 2025 Former United States President Joe Biden has delivered his first major speech since leaving office, defending retirement aid that he says is threatened by President Donald Trump’s sweeping administrative reforms. Speaking to disability advocates in Chicago, Biden said the Trump administration’s…
Red states forge ahead with proof of citizenship voting requirements with Trump’s efforts likely going nowhere
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1336 EAT on Wednesday 16 April 2025 states are barreling ahead in a push to require voters to show documents proving of their citizenship when registering, as efforts by President Donald Trump and his congressional allies to enact the mandate nationwide show little likelihood of success. Twenty-two states…
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1306 EAT on Tuesday 16 April 2025 This has been a really, really long road, says Susan Smith, the co-founder of For Women Scotland. She says: “Today the judges have said what we always believed to be the case, that women are protected by their biological sex. Sex…
Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1148 EAT on Tuesday 15 April More than 1,000 people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna province says at least 700 cases of what they said was suffocation….
Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1139 EAT on Tuesday 15 April 2025 Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine. The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian…
Trump suggests tariff exemption for China-made smartphones could be short-lived
By Faith Barabara N Ruhinda updated at 1144 EAT on Monday 14 April 2025 The price of clothing – a major export for Vietnam – will not go up automatically in line with tariffs, Sitkoff says, as it’s all linked to where the materials come from. But, he adds, there’s “no doubt these tariffs are…
