News
- Vatican includes group backing women's ordination on website
- Planes, ships head for devastated Tonga as aid operation ramps up
- Ex-Pope Benedict accused of failing to act in Munich Church abuse report
- Stampede at Liberia church gathering kills 29
- First aid finally reaches Tonga as telephone lines partially restored
- Chad frees rebels ahead of national peace-building talks
NITA BHALLA and DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on rising concerns over some of the practices of digital lenders...
In a recent speech the Pope revived his criticism of rich countries that force their values on poorer nations, erasing their local cultures and traditions. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports...
HOLLY MEYER and HALELUYA HADERO, of The Associated Press, report on the financial stresses facing US churches...
HELINA SELEMON, of The Associated Press, reports on the response of the Ethiopian diaspora in the US to the ongoing conflict in the nation...
PRAMOD ACHARYA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of beekeepers in Nepal...
Essays
Essay: How long to midnight? The Doomsday Clock measures more than nuclear risk – and it’s about to be reset again
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- JACK HEINEMANN
In an article first published on The Conversation, JACK HEINEMANN, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, looks at the history of the Doomsday Clock...
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- ATAL AHMADZAI and FATEN GHOSN
In an article first published on The Conversation, academics ATAL AHMADZAI and FATEN GHOSN say that five months after the Taliban again took power in Afghanistan, a clearer image of the human rights and personal freedoms situation is emerging...
Essay: The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system
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- DALE DOMINEY-HOWES
In an article published on The Conversation, DALE DOMINEY-HOWES, professor of hazards and disaster risk science at the University of Sydney, looks at what events on Tonga reveal about the risks to global communication systems...
Sponsored
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DENIS PLANT, principal of Vision Colleges in Australia, writes about the advantages of studying the Bible "at your pace from your place"...
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DAVID ADAMS, Sight editor and publisher, explains why Sight is now offering advertisers a sponsored articles option...
Columns
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LAMINE CHIKHI, of Reuters, reports from a refugee camp in Algeria, close to the border with Morocco...
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DAVID NJAGI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how a crop insurance program has proved a "game changer" for farmers in northern Ghana...
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DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life...
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Lifestory: George O Wood, dead at 80, remembered as "door-opener" in leadership of Assemblies of God
ERICA RAMIREZ, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at the life of longtime US Assemblies of God leader George O Wood, who died earlier this month at the age of 80...
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SAMANTHA ELLEY writes about the everyday "coincidences" that reveal God's blessings...
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FIRAS MAKDESI and KINDA MAKIEH, report for Reuters from Syria on how bathhouses have become a necessity in navigating ongoing power cuts...
Reviews
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MARCUS CHEONG watches 'King Richard', the story of the role Richard Williams played in helping to ensure his daughters Serena and Venus Williams become numbered among the world's best tennis players...
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DAVID ADAMS read Mitch Albom's latest novel about faith...
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MARCUS CHEONG watches the fourth film in the Matrix line-up, released almost 20 years after the last...
Columns
LAMINE CHIKHI, of Reuters, reports from a refugee camp in Algeria, close to the border with Morocco...
DAVID NJAGI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how a crop insurance program has proved a "game changer" for farmers in northern Ghana...
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life...
Lifestory: George O Wood, dead at 80, remembered as "door-opener" in leadership of Assemblies of God
ERICA RAMIREZ, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at the life of longtime US Assemblies of God leader George O Wood, who died earlier this month at the age of 80...
SAMANTHA ELLEY writes about the everyday "coincidences" that reveal God's blessings...
FIRAS MAKDESI and KINDA MAKIEH, report for Reuters from Syria on how bathhouses have become a necessity in navigating ongoing power cuts...
Lifestyle
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ALVIN JOHNSON looks at where the 'chittah', translated as wheat, appears in the Bible...
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In an article published on The Conversation, BECKY THOMAS, a senior teaching fellow in ecology at Royal Holloway University of London, looks at how each of us can play a role in encouraging the return of birdlife...
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In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian marketing experts GARY MORTIMER and LOUISE GRIMMER look at how the shopping centre Santa became a staple of the festive season...
20/20
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With Malawi being declared the poorest country in the world in 2016, there is little opportunity for people, without sufficient...
