Sudan church leader re-arrested, with at least six more, over government pressure for property
World Watch Monitor A Sudan church leader who already spent Christmas, 2015, in prison on charges of ‘spying’ – he was freed due to a lack of evidence after 19 days – has been re-arrested for a day, along with five other fellow church leaders. Those arrested belong to the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) […]
The cost of clean water: $US150 billion a year, says World Bank
Thomson Reuters Foundation THE PRICE OF SAFE WATER? $US150 billion a year according to a World Bank report. PICTURE: Luis Tosta/Unsplash Countries need to quadruple spending to $US150 billion a year to deliver universal safe water and sanitation, helping to reduce childhood disease and deaths while boosting economic growth, said the World Bank. Investments should […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ADELAIDE’S LUXURY ‘PET HOTEL’; A NEW FRENCH ‘FIRST DOG’; AND, CATS ON A GOOD WICKET…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Three months on: Islamists still hold Christian hostages, as Marawi residents start to rebuild
World Watch Monitor More than three months after it first attacked the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines, the Maute terrorist group is on the run while still apparently holding 46 hostages, including Catholic priest Teresito “Chito” Suganob and 13 children. Almost half a million Marawi residents are displaced as a result of fighting that destroyed […]
APPS: YOU DON’T RECALL? SCRIPTURE TYPER MAY HELP
DAVID ADAMS finds an app with an efficient method of committing Bible verses to memory…
US State Department to keep anti-Semitism envoy but scrap many others
RNS The US State Department will retain its special envoy on anti-Semitism, a position some Jewish groups feared the Trump administration would eliminate. The envoy handling HIV/AIDS will also be retained, but many others will not survive cuts at the department, which plans to scrap 30 of the 66 current “special envoy” positions, including one […]
SIGHT-SEEING: CULTIVATING A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW – FAITH AND REASON
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at how Christians can “cultivate” a Biblical worldview…