JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
What can you make with a hatbox, scissors, darning needles, a couple of bicycle lamps, tea chest, wax and some glue? PICTURE: Sven Scheuermeier/Unsplash I find it astonishing that John Logie Baird used these things to build the first ever television. At the time, some people thought he was a freak – images over […]
New video by Boko Haram claims some Chibok schoolgirls chose not to be rescued
World Watch Monitor Boko Haram released a video on Friday claiming to show Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of last week’s swap deal that saw 82 girls freed by the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a girl dressed in a veil and holding a gun says she is Maida Yakubu, […]
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: Greg Attwells on The Case for Christ and Perth singer/songwriter Evan Brent Downing…
Greg Attwells, whose music is featured in the movie, The Case for Christ. To hear this week’s edition of The TCM Update, simply click on this link…
AFRICA: NUNS HELP EXPAND COVERAGE AND CARE IN RWANDA’S HEALTH SYSTEM
MELANIE LIDMAN, in an article published by Religion News Service, reports on the difference four nuns are making in a remote part of Rwanda…
‘Christian’ militias kill up to 30 Muslim civilians in Central African Republic
RNS/Reuters Hundreds of civilians are seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic’s border town of Bangassou amid ongoing attacks by Christian militias that have killed up to 30 civilians, UN officials and aid workers said on Sunday. The attacks throughout the weekend on the town of Bangassou on the Congolese border have […]
THIS LIFE: THE POWER OF A PRAYING MOTHER
With Mother’s Day just passed, US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the relationship between mother and child…