ON THE SCREEN: GOSLING TAKES ONE SMALL STEP FROM ‘LA LA LAND’ TO THE MOON
MARCUS CHEONG watches First Man…
Seventeen people sentenced to death for Coptic church bomb attacks in Egypt
World Watch Monitor Egypt’s military court has handed death sentences to 17 people accused of bomb attacks on Coptic churches in 2016 and 2017, the BBC reports. The 17 people sentenced to death in Egypt were involved in bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta in 2016 and 2017. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. […]
More than 800 children released by armed group in Nigeria, says UNICEF
Some 833 children have been released by an armed group fighting against terror group Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria, according to UNICEF. The UN Children’s Agency welcomed the news which it said was the first formal release of children from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a group formed in 2013 by vigilantes to battle Boko […]
CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Rodney Olsen, one of 24 riders who have cycled across the vast Australian continent to raise money and awareness of the work of Christian child sponsorship and development organisation Compassion Australia in lifting children out of poverty…