SIGHT-SEEING: SUPER BOWL 2018 – GOD IS WATCHING
With Super Bowl LII to be held in the US next Sunday, US columnist RICHARD MOUW reflects on God’s view of sport…
‘We stand no chance of ending hunger’ without peace, UN says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Conflict is worsening global starvation, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as it called for greater peacebuilding efforts to end hunger for almost 500 million people living in war zones. In the world’s eight hungriest countries, at least one in four people do not have enough to eat, two UN agencies said […]
Kidnapped Colombian nun appears in another hostage video
Sr Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti was kidnapped almost a year ago. A new video of the Colombian nun kidnapped in the south of Mali almost a year ago has been released on the internet. Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti, of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, was kidnapped on 8th February, 2017, in Karangasso. “We have seen […]
Colourful makeover puts Mumbai slum on tourist map
Thomson Reuters Foundation A slum in Asalpha, in Mumbai’s eastern suburbs, got a colourful makeover through a charity initiative aimed at brightening slums, home to more than half the city’s population. PICTURE: Courtesy of Chal Rang De. A colourful paint job has transformed one of Mumbai’s drab hilltop slums into a tourist destination, even prompting […]
BOOKS: TIM COSTELLO ON THE MEANING OF FAITH
DARREN CRONSHAW reads Tim Costello’s book, Faith…
More than three million children born in Yemen since violence escalated, says report
More than three million children have been born in Yemen since the escalation of violence in the nation in March, 2015, according to a UNICEF report. The report – Born into War – also reveals that more than 5,000 children have been killed or injured in the violence – an average rate of five a […]
Fearing deportation, a third Indonesian Christian seeks sanctuary in US church
RNS New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, right, speaks with parishioners at Highland Park Reformed Church on 25th January in Highland Park. Harry Pangemanan, left, an Indonesian man, claimed sanctuary at the church after ICE agents went to his front door. PICTURE: Bob Karp/USAToday. A third undocumented Indonesian has sought sanctuary in his New Jersey church, saying […]
Forget celebrities and focus on people in need, UK charities urged
Thomson Reuters Foundation British charities should stop chasing celebrities to promote their projects and focus instead on the people they were set up to help, the outgoing head of a charity watchdog said on Monday. William Shawcross, who has chaired the Charity Commission for England and Wales since 2012, urged charities to measure success in […]
ESSAY: ‘TRUTH’, A MURDERED JOURNALIST AND “FAKE NEWS”
Former global correspondant ERICH BRIDGES argues for the importance of a robust, free press in an era where use of the phrase “fake news” may be making it easier oppressive regimes to target journalists for attempting to tell the truth…
PETER PAN
Have you heard of the Peter Pan syndrome? THE BOY WHO WOULDN’T GROW UP: A statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London. PICTURE: David Adams It’s the name they give our modern phenomenon of people, predominantly men, who don’t want to grow up. Twenty, 30, 40 year olds still partying, playing and not taking […]