Cholera kills 40 Congolese in overcrowded Uganda refugee camps
Thomson Reuters Foundation A cholera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed about 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health workers rush to stem the spread, aid agencies said on Thursday. Nearly 70,000 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Uganda this year due to a surge in […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘READY PLAYER ONE’ TAPS PAST AND FUTURE IN AN ONLINE ADVENTURE
DAVID ADAMS revels in the 1980s pop-culture saturated Ready Player One…
De-mining started around churches near traditional site of Jesus’ baptism
De-mining work has begun to rid a series of churches of mines near the traditional site of Jesus’ baptism on the west bank of the River Jordan. The site, known as Qaser al-Yahud, is generally described as the “third holiest site in Christianity” after the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the […]
ORTHODOX CHURCH: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX SWITCH ALLEGIANCE FROM MOSCOW TO KIEV-LINKED CHURCHES
OLGA RUDENKO, of Religion News Service, reports…
Social welfare has lifted 50 million out of poverty, World Bank says
Thomson Reuters Foundation About 50 million people have escaped extreme poverty because of social safety nets, from pensions to feeding programs, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Although more welfare programmes are being introduced, including cash and public works, only 2.5 billion people worldwide are covered, despite their substantial contribution to a global goal to […]
ESSAY: LET THE GAMES BEGIN – TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academic KRISTYN HARMAN, senior lecturer in history at the University of Tasmania, takes a look at the history of the Commonwealth Games as they kick off on the Gold Coast…
WOW!: SOUP, BEER AND SOAP FROM FOOD WASTE? DUTCH SHOPPERS SAY YES
THIN LEI WIN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on an innovative way ot selling imperfect food in The Netherlands…
In the US, King’s death remembered with pledges to confront racism
RNS They began marching just after dawn from the Martin Luther King, Jr, Memorial, 50 years to the day after the civil rights leader was assassinated. They silenced their voices and, walking to the beat of a drum, traveled halfway down the National Mall. Some in sneakers and some in clerical stoles, they then prayed a […]