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'RAISE YOUR VOICE': AUTHOR KATHY KHANG ON WHY CHRISTIANS NEED TO SPEAK UP - ON POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

'RAISE YOUR VOICE': AUTHOR KATHY KHANG ON WHY CHRISTIANS NEED TO SPEAK UP - ON POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, writing for Religion News Service, talks to US author Kathy Khang about her latest book on speaking up...

US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH

US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH

MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on how people's religion has become a target of data mining as candidates in the US look at gain an edge over opponents...

CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED

CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED

DAVID ADAMS speaks to Rodney Olsen, one of 24 riders who have cycled across the vast Australian continent to raise money and awareness of the work of Christian child sponsorship and development organisation Compassion Australia in lifting children out of poverty...

DEVELOPMENT: AID AGENCIES EYE SOLAR POWER TO REPLACE VOLATILE, COSTLY FUEL

DEVELOPMENT: AID AGENCIES EYE SOLAR POWER TO REPLACE VOLATILE, COSTLY FUEL

LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how aid agencies are increasingly looking to solar power to keep operations, including hospitals, running in countries...

BEDROOM, BAR, BROTHEL: THE MANY FACES OF MIGRANT HOMES IN ITALY

BEDROOM, BAR, BROTHEL: THE MANY FACES OF MIGRANT HOMES IN ITALY

MICHELE BERTELLI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Italy...

The Statistic

17th October, 2018
Number of children aged under five who are chronically malnourished around the world: About 155 million (23 per cent)
Source: UN

 

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17th October, 2018
SPARKED: Strong reactions around the world, a suggestion from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was considering moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv; it comes after the US controversially moved its embassy earlier this year.
REVEALED: By the US military, that it believes an air strike in central Somalia on Friday killed some 60 al-Shabaab militants.
DIED: Ian Kiernan, environmental campaigner and founder of Clean Up Australia, at the age of 78 after being diagnosed with cancer in July.

 

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US author and president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, JEMAR TISBY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how lessons from the writings of black minister and theologian Howard Thurman could help broach partisan divides among Christians in the US...

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US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE reflects on Pope Francis' decision to declare Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero saints...

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THEA ORMEROD, president of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, looks at how Christians should respond to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

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“We are committed a two-state solution, but frankly, it hasn’t been going that well. Not a lot of progress has been made. And you don’t keep doing the same thing and expect different solutions."
- Scott Morrison, speaking on Tuesday after saying he would consider moving Australia's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. His comments come after US President Donald Trump controversially moved the US embassy to Jerusalem earlier this year (as quoted on news.com.au).

 

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17th October, 2018
Can yoga be Christian? REBECCA ABBOTT investigates in this story published on Eternity News...

 

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The Word Explained

15th October, 2018
Itinerant: A person who travels, often on a circuit, for work. Hence a travelling preacher.

 

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