WOW!: CAN 3D PRINTERS PROVIDE CHEAP, SAFE HOMES FOR THE WORLD’S POOR?
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on hopes that families in El Salvador’s slums could be the first to live in houses created on a 3D printer…
Kazakhstan ‘sting operation’ to catch out Christian backfires
World Watch Monitor Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan where Dilobarkhon Sultanova was arrested after helping a women download a Bible app. PICTURE: Alex J Butler/CC/Flickr A Kazakhstan court has acquitted a Christian women accused of “missionary activity” after she was caught in an “apparent sting operation”, reports regional news agency Forum 18. Police officers arrested Dilobarkhon Sultanova […]
Kentucky considers law on student prayer
RNS The Kentucky Legislature is considering mandating an annual day of student prayer. House Bill 40 would make the last Wednesday in September “A Day of Prayer for Kentucky’s Students” and would require the state’s governor to proclaim it as such every year. The bill passed the Kentucky House last week by a broad margin and […]
Poor farmers need better protection from costly disasters, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Natural disasters such as drought and floods cost developing countries $US96 billion in damage to crops and livestock between 2005 and 2015, highlighting the need to step up protection for poor farmers, the United Nations said. Half the total damage – $US48 billion – occurred in Asia, according to a report from […]
UN told to renew mandate of Iran special rapporteur on human rights
World Watch Monitor Forty-six Iranian and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called for the renewal of the mandate of the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. The NGOs addressed a joint letter to all diplomatic missions attending the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, as the US-based Center for Human […]
MUSIC: BEL THOMSON’S ‘SEASONS’ REFLECTIVE OF HER JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Australian singer/songwriter Bel Thomson about how her own journey with God inspired her latest album, Seasons…