Syrian church in Turkish-hit enclave calls for aid
World Watch Monitor A church in a Syrian province under fire from Turkish troops has issued a plea for protection from the international community. Pastor Valentin Hanan of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Afrin, north-western Syria, wrote in an email to his supporters on Sunday: “We are at this moment under heavy shelling, […]
Global churches body head tells World Economic Forum it’s time to say ‘no’ to nuclear weapons
The head of the World Council of Churches has called upon the World Economic Forum to say “no” to nuclear weapons and put pressure on nations to disarm as the annual gathering kicks off in Davos, Switzerland. In a statement issued on Monday, Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, said there […]
US experts invent formula that doubles refugees’ job chances
Thomson Reuters Foundation Refugees arriving in the United States could double their chances of finding work with a mathematical formula that decides the best place for them to settle, researchers said last week. Stanford University’s Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) developed an algorithm that uses historical data on refugee resettlement to send new arrivals to locations where they […]
A new billionaire every two days in 2017, says Oxfam study
A new billionaire was created around the globe every two days in 2017, taking the total number to more than 2,000, according to a new report from Oxfam. Released ahead of the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the briefing paper – Reward Work, Not Wealth – also found that the wealth of the […]