Thousands of companies to take action under Australia’s anti-slavery law
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 3,000 businesses in Australia would be forced to disclose how they tackle the threat of modern slavery under a proposed law hailed by politicians and campaigners on Thursday as stronger than Britain’s landmark anti-slavery legislation. The Australian government said it would introduce its Modern Slavery Act to parliament by mid-2018, […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘CHAPPAQUIDDICK’ A DISTURBING PORTRAYAL OF A POLITICAL SCANDAL
DAVID ADAMS watches Chappaquiddick…
MIDDLE EAST: US EVANGELICALS FIND LIKE-MINDED CHRISTIANS IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE – THE PALESTINIAN WEST BANK
DAN RABB, of Religion News Service, reports from the West Bank on how one Palestinian church is attempting to reach out to US evangelicals…
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologises to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
RNS Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson, embroiled in controversy over past remarks about domestic violence and his descriptions of women, has issued an apology. “I wish to apologise to every woman who has been wounded by anything I have said that was inappropriate or that lacked clarity,” said Rev Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist […]