SNAPSHOT: SURPRISE GUEST, BARBADOS
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Indian courts speed up justice for human trafficking survivors
Thomson Reuters Foundation A series of speedy legal orders in human trafficking cases in India has raised hopes for thousands survivors facing drawn-out court battles, but experts warn that justice remains elusive for most victims. Over the past few months, courts have handed rare life sentences to traffickers, denied bail to another person facing charges, […]
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: Hillsong’s new take on ‘There is More’
There is More Studio Sessions Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
BIBLE: WITH 330 MILLION DOWNLOADS, TOP APP CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, reports for Religion News Service on how a US church developed an app that’s changed the way millions read the Bible…
China’s Catholics told to create five-year plan to Sinicise Church
World Watch Monitor Catholic dioceses in China have been told to come up with a five-year plan outlining how they will adapt more to Chinese culture and show loyalty to the Communist Party, reports the Catholic news site UCAN. A 15-page document, given to the churches by the state-approved Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in […]
ESSAY: WHO OWNS THE MOON? A SPACE LAWYER ANSWERS
In an article first published on The Conversation, FRANS VON DER DUNK, professor of space law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, looks at the question of who owns the Moon…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – VANITY, LUST AND ENVY
BRUCE C WEARNE in his series on James looks at what verse five of chapter four is saying about improper use of the Scriptures…
No charge for Airbnb rooms as victims of Greek wildfires scramble for shelter
Thomson Reuters Foundation Victims of wildfires that engulfed a seaside town in Greece, killing at least 82 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes, scrambled to find shelter on Thursday as Airbnb stepped in to match those in need with free rooms. The fires – the deadliest in the country’s history – overwhelmed the […]