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IMMIGRATION: THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TAKE FREE RIDES HOME COURTESY OF US GOVERNMENT

IMMIGRATION: THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TAKE FREE RIDES HOME COURTESY OF US GOVERNMENT

MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DANIEL TROTTA, of Reuters, report...

VEGGIETALES: BELOVED CHRISTIAN CARTOON SHOW TO BE REVIVED ON TBN

VEGGIETALES: BELOVED CHRISTIAN CARTOON SHOW TO BE REVIVED ON TBN

BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the reboot of celebrated US cartoon VeggieTales...

A RUBBISH CAMPAIGN: TEAR AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION

A RUBBISH CAMPAIGN: TEAR AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION

DAVID ADAMS reports on a new Australian campaign aimed at engaging churches in the fight against plastic waste...

THE INTERVIEW: AT 89, BREAD FOR THE WORLD FOUNDER ART SIMON

THE INTERVIEW: AT 89, BREAD FOR THE WORLD FOUNDER ART SIMON "NOT GIVING UP" ON THE GOAL OF ENDING HUNGER

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Art Simon, founder of US-based Christian advocacy group Bread for the World, about his new book and his passion for ending hunger around the world... 

AGRICULTURE: INNOVATION RUSH AIMS TO HELP FARMERS, RICH AND POOR, BEAT CLIMATE CHANGE

AGRICULTURE: INNOVATION RUSH AIMS TO HELP FARMERS, RICH AND POOR, BEAT CLIMATE CHANGE

LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how technological innovations are helping farmers adapt to a hotter world...

The Statistic

23rd August, 2019
Number of years Nigeria has been free of wild, endemic polio: Three (with expectations the whole of Africa could be declared free of polio next year)
Source: WHO

 

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23rd August, 2019
OUT: Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, when US Vice-President Mike Pence visits her nation in early September, citing prior commitments; it comes after US President Donald Trump announced he was postponing a visit to Denmark after he was told Greenland was not for sale.
KILLED: Four people with 100 more injured after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm in Poland's south.
CLOSED: A ride at a German theme park following complaints a new ride resembled spinning swastikas - illegal in the country.

 

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US commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, explains why paid family leave is a pro-life issue...

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US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the importance of facts in making decisions...

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Authors of a new book on the concept of "just war", MICHAEL NEU and ROBIN DUNFORD, in an article first published on The Conversation, argue that the situation in Libya shows the need for "new thinking" on the protection of civilians...

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"Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen - is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let's discuss this emergency first order in two days!"
- French President Emmanuel Macron in a tweet made ahead of the G& Summit in reference to fires in the Amazon.

 

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23rd August, 2019
See how slavery grew in the US in a multimedia presentation - 'Slavery's explosive growth, in charts: How '20 and odd' became millions' - published on USA Today...

 

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The Word Explained

19th August, 2019
Parish: A district overseen by a church.

 

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