Suffragette white: Decoding the colour's 110-year-old history of being used as a protest tool by women
Suffragette white was first donned en masse in June 1908 on Women’s Sunday, the first “monster meeting” hosted by the WSPU in London’s Hyde Park. The 30,000 participants were encouraged to wear white, accessorised with touches of purple and green.
Armin Laschet wins race to lead Angela Merkel's Centre-Right Bloc in German election
Laschet, the leader of the Christian Democrat, now faces a big battle ahead of the 26 September parliamentary election — to connect with voters and win over fellow conservatives who backed his more popular rival, Markus Soeder
Investigation of ‘driverless’ Tesla crash could bring new regulation for self-driving cars
Search warrants have been issued to find out if Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated system was in use at the time of the crash.
WHO against use of vaccine passports for international travel as it would promote inequality
Some have criticized that the passport would lead to discrimination between young, old and rich, poor.
Greta Thunberg urges nations to 'step up' fight against COVID-19 vaccine inequality
It's unethical that young, healthy people in high-income countries are getting vaccines when at-risk groups in low- and middle-income countries aren't.
Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice-president and outspoken supporter of civil rights, dies at 93
Mondale's bid for the White House in 1984 came at the peak of Ronald Reagan’s popularity, leading to a historic 525-13 landslide vote in the latter’s favour
Germany's Laschet wins clear CDU backing to run as chancellor candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) -Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at a September federal election, party sources said on Tuesday. With Chancellor Merkel stepping down after the election, pressure is mounting on the conservatives to agree on a candidate as its ratings wallow near a one-year low, hurt by the chaotic handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Laschet and Markus Soeder, who leads the CDU's Bavarian sister party CSU, have been at loggerheads over who is better placed to become the candidate to lead the conservative alliance, dubbed 'the Union', to an election victory.
CDU party board backs Laschet to run as German conservative chancellor candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) - Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at a September federal election, party sources said on Tuesday. A week-long showdown between Laschet, and Markus Soeder, leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party, has done little to impress voters already turned off their conservative bloc by the government's chaotic handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the ecologist Greens just a few points behind them, many conservatives are nervous about their prospects at the Sept
U.S. concerned over Russia blocking access to parts of Black Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed its "deep concern" over Russia's plans to block foreign naval ships and other vessels in parts of the Black Sea and called on Moscow to reverse its build-up of forces along Ukraine’s border, the U.S.
World Food Programme, Venezuela reach deal to supply food to 185,000 children
CARACAS (Reuters) -The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) and Venezuelan officials said on Monday they had reached a deal to supply food to school children in the South American country suffering a humanitarian crisis spurred by an economic collapse. The program will reach 185,000 children in the crisis-stricken country this year, and aims to expand to some 1.5 million by the end of the 2022-2023 school year, the WFP said in a statement. Child malnutrition https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-malnutrition has increased in Venezuela as the once-prosperous country's economy collapsed
Castro's heir faces pressure to accelerate reform in Cuba
By Sarah Marsh and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - The new leader of Cuba's ruling Communist Party may be the first born after its 1959 revolution but he is also a loyalist who is not expected to make significant changes to its one-party system and has moved only tentatively on market-style economic reforms. Since succeeding his mentor Raul Castro, 89, as president in 2018, Miguel Diaz-Canel, 60, has emphasized the need for continuity over renewal. Appointed first secretary - the most powerful position in the Communist-run country - at the party's congress on Monday.
Factbox: Laschet wins German CDU board vote on chancellor candidacy
BERLIN (Reuters) - Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at a September federal election, party sources said on Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, Markus Soeder, Laschet's Bavarian rival for the conservative candidacy, said it was up to the CDU to decide which of them should run as their bloc's candidate for chancellor, and that he would accept a decision for his rival.
Hope and caution as Portugal further eases COVID-19 lockdown
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Three months after Joao Correia was forced to shut his cafe in one of Lisbon's shopping malls, he welcomed customers back on Monday, feeling both cautious and hopeful about the future.
Britain launches expert group to prepare for future pandemics
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday said it would launch a new international expert group to help bolster the world's preparedness for the next pandemic and expedite the development of vaccines against future diseases when they emerge. Launched under Britain's Presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations, the Pandemic Preparedness Partnership (PPP) will report to the G7 leaders summit in June, and will advise on how to achieve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's target of developing vaccines against future diseases within 100 days
Non-stop cremations cast doubt on India's counting of COVID dead
(Fixes spelling of Gujarat in paragraph 1) By Sumit Khanna, Alasdair Pal and Saurabh Sharma AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt. "We are working around the clock at 100% capacity to cremate bodies on time," Kamlesh Sailor, the president of the trust that runs the crematorium in the diamond-polishing city of Surat, told Reuters
Australia-New Zealand travel bubble launches with lopsided demand
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) - A testing and quarantine free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand launched with lopsided demand, according to airlines and data firms, with an unusually high number of the travellers departing from Australia. The initial results from Asia's first restriction-free travel bubble since the pandemic hit, which opened on Monday, showed that travel patterns can depart from their norms after such a long closure and may take time to return to normal
World Food Programme says it will supply food to 185,000 Venezuelan children
CARACAS (Reuters) -The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday it had reached a deal to supply food to Venezuelan schools, as WFP director David Beasley visits Caracas for meetings with officials including President Nicolas Maduro.
U.S. warns airlines on flights near Ukraine-Russian border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday urged airlines to exercise "extreme caution" when flying near the Ukraine-Russian border, citing potential flight safety risks. In a notice to U.S.
Raul Castro retires but Cuban Communist Party emphasizes continuity
By Sarah Marsh and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba turned the page on the Castro era on Monday with the ruling Communist Party electing President Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Raul Castro as party chief although he said he would continue to consult his predecessor on strategic decisions.
Blinken calls on U.S. diplomats to challenge countries lagging on climate
By Simon Lewis and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called on American diplomats around the world to challenge nations whose actions set back efforts to address climate change, according to prepared remarks. Blinken delivered his first address on climate change in Annapolis, Maryland, ahead of a U.S.-hosted virtual summit this week.