Minister tells NGO boats carrying migrants to stay away from Italian ports and return to international waters; Pope Francis calls for EU to help take in migrants arriving across the Mediterranean. Source link
Read More »Hundreds of children from Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
The children, aged 9 to 16, were promised they could go home after accepting a free summer holiday, but parents now believe Russia won’t return them. Source link
Read More »41 dead, millions stranded in India and Bangladesh in devastating floods
Floods are a regular menace in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing frequency, ferocity, unpredictability. Source link
Read More »Can Asia’s tourism rebirth happen without the Russians?
In the first six weeks of 2022, more than 40,000 Russians poured into Thailand – tourists craving a sun-kissed shore far away from the harsh winter of home.They were beckoned back to the beaches of Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya by a welcoming nation whose deflated economy was desperate for …
Read More »Canadian ‘idiots’ in Mexico plane party stuck as airlines refuse to fly them
Passengers who filmed themselves partying without masks aboard a chartered flight from Montreal to Mexico face being stranded after three airlines refused to fly them home to Canada.Sunwing Airlines cancelled the return charter flight from Cancun that had been scheduled for Wednesday and Air Transat and Air Canada also both …
Read More »Indonesia sends boat on to Malaysia; rejects refugees
Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said on Tuesday.At least 100 mostly women and children aboard a wooden vessel said to be taking on water were denied refuge in Indonesia and …
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