The Statistic

29th November, 2023
Number of Syrians estimated to need "critical shelter assistance" to help them through the cold winter months: 5.7 million people
Source: OCHA

 

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Moments

29th November 2023
VISITING: Washington DC, Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei where he met with top US officials and IMF officers as he seeks to formulate a plan to reshape the country's foreign policy and lead its economy out of crisis.
CLAIMED: By the Ukrainian military intelligence agency GUR, that Marianna Budanova, wife of agency head Kyrylo Budanov, has been poisoned with heavy metals and is undergoing treatment in a hospital.
KILLED: Eleven people in an accident at a coal mine in China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, state media outlet CCTV said.

 

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Essays

RACHEL MASH, a researcher at the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Theology and Religion, argues - in an article first published on The Conversation - that faith communities have the potential to make a significant impact on climate action...

University of Bath politics lecturer AURELIEN MONDON, in an article first published on The Conversation, argues that the processes of mainstreaming and normalisation of far-right politics have much to do with the mainstream itself...

In an article first published on Religion News, DAVID BECKMANN, coordinator of advocacy coalition, the Circle of Protection, urges all US presidential candidates to talk about how they would reduce hunger and poverty..

They Said It

"My expectation is that Putin won't make a peace or a meaningful peace before he sees the result of [the US] election."
- A senior unnamed US State Department official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels said the alliance reiterated its support for Ukraine knowing that a peace agreement in the next year is unlikely (as quoted on Reuters).

 

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This Week on the Web

29th November, 2023
Abdullahi Mire, a journalist and former refugee from Somalia, has won this year's UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Find out more about his story and other winners at the UNHCR website...

 

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The Word Explained

27th November, 2023
Widows: Jesus had great compassion for widows because they were commonly left vulnerable and poor.

 

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