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Widening horizons: From Africa to Asia, youth salute Prince Philip for changing their lives

Widening horizons: From Africa to Asia, youth salute Prince Philip for changing their lives

As Prince Philip is laid to rest in Windsor, NITA BHALLA and ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the Duke of Edinburgh International Awards scheme has changes lives across the globe...

The Interview: Theology professor Michael Battle's new book exploring how Desmond Tutu's Christian mysticism helped unite a nation

The Interview: Theology professor Michael Battle's new book exploring how Desmond Tutu's Christian mysticism helped unite a nation

YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, speaks with Michael Battle, author of a new "spiritual biography" of Nobel Peace Prize-winning South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu...

Air pollution: Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage

Air pollution: Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage

AADESH SUBEDI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Nepal on how air pollution caused by fires is creating hardships...

Marketing ploy or sacred art?: Bible publishers appeal to millennials with focus on design

Marketing ploy or sacred art?: Bible publishers appeal to millennials with focus on design

EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on the current trend for - and long history of - "premium" Bibles...

Digital underbelly: As US cities embrace tech, cyberattacks pose real-world risks

Digital underbelly: As US cities embrace tech, cyberattacks pose real-world risks

JACK GRAHAM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on rising concerns over cybersecurity...

The Statistic

16th April, 2021
Proportion of women in developing nations who are able to make decisions over their own bodies such as whether they want to have sex, seek healthcare and use contraception: About half
Source: UNFPA

 

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Moments

15th April, 2021
IMPOSED: The US, a broad array of sanctions on Russia - including curbs to its sovereign debt market - as punishment for interfering in last year's US election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions.
CONFIRMED: By Brazil's Supreme Court, a decision to annul criminal convictions against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; it frees him for a presidential run against current President Jair Bolsonaro in 2022.
ADOPTED: In France, legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail; while the age of consent was previously 15, prosecutors in France used to be required to prove sex was non-consensual to obtain a rape conviction.

 

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In an article first published on Religion News Service, SHIRLEY HOOGSTRA, president of the US-based Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, and EBOO PATEL, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, write about a new partnership aimed at overcoming religious divides...

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In an article published on The Conversation, SUJEET KUMAR, a senior research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University,  says its time for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to show decisive leadership"...

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Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER reflects on Prince Philip's approach to leadership...

They Said It

"If it seems impossible [to host the Olympics] any more, then we have to stop it, decisively."
- Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaking to broadcaster TBS in which he said cancellation of the games remained an "option". The Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee responded with a statement saying all those involved in preparing for the Games remained fully focused on hosting them in the summer (as quoted on Reuters).

 

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This Week on the Web

16th April, 2021
How does Biblical geography shape our view of God's mission? KELSA GRAYBILL looks at five ways in an article on Christianity Today...

 

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The Word Explained

12th April, 2021
Gate-crashers (in Jesus' Parable of the Wedding Feast): People who sneak in without the host's appropriate clothing.

 

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Postcards: In Los Angeles, a pair of art exhibitions put the Black worship experience at their centre

Postcards: In Los Angeles, a pair of art exhibitions put the Black worship experience at their centre

ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how two new exhibitions in LA are exploring  Black spirituality and worship, coinciding with the 115th anniversary of a series of revival meetings in the city which are considered to be the launch of the Pentecostal movement...

Wow!: Musician couple host concerts to fundraise for food pantry

Wow!: Musician couple host concerts to fundraise for food pantry

LUIS ANDRES HENAO and EMILY LESHNER, of Associated Press, report on how a pair of musicians have support a church food pantry during the coronavirus pandemic...

StrangeSights: Dummies hit the ski slopes; a treasure hunt in Maine; and, monolith spotted in Spain...

StrangeSights: Dummies hit the ski slopes; a treasure hunt in Maine; and, monolith spotted in Spain...

DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life...

Postcards: Brazil's favelas struggle to count their dead as coronavirus rages

Postcards: Brazil's favelas struggle to count their dead as coronavirus rages

FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts, despite dangers, to ensure an accurate count of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil's favelas...

Lifestory: Tusse - from child refugee to Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest contender

Lifestory: Tusse - from child refugee to Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest contender

ILZE FILKS, writing for Reuters, speaks with Sweden's 2021 Eurovision Song Contest contender...

Sight-Seeing: Restoring awe, mystery and wonder in our faith

Sight-Seeing: Restoring awe, mystery and wonder in our faith

NILS VON KALM argues that the more we attempt to remove awe and mystery from life, "the more we remove some of the life from our culture"...

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