YEAR IN REVIEW: 10 STORIES WHICH SHAPED 2018
We published hundreds of stories covering events and issues from around the globe this year to inform, inspire and challenge our readers. Here are 10 stories that helped shape our 2018…
Struggling to survive, Syrian refugees in Lebanon fall deeper into debt
Thomson Reuters Foundation Syrian refugees in Lebanon are falling deeper into debt, with 2018 being the worst year yet, as more families marry off children to cope financially, according to a report by the United Nations released on Wednesday. The study by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, the World Food Programme and UNICEF stated that […]
ON THE SCREEN: DC’S ‘AQUAMAN’ A TALE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS LET DOWN BY A “SHALLOW” SCRIPT
MARCUS CHEONG takes a look at the latest outing in the DC franchise, ‘Aquaman’…
In rare move, Indian state to return unused land to farmers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Farmers in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh are getting back land that was taken from them more than a decade ago by the government because it was not used, a rare move in a country riven by conflict over land. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of the Congress Party, which won a state […]
EGYPT: COPTIC CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, PONDER CHANGING DATE
MINA NADER and JACOB WIRTSCHAFER, of Religion News Service, report…
Christians in Algeria acquitted of conversion charge
Morning Star News Five Christians in Algeria were acquitted on Tuesday of the charge of inciting a Muslim to change her religion, sources said. A judge at the court of Bouira acquitted Rachid Ouali, whose Muslim wife had filed the charges against him. Ouali, his friend Ali Laarchi, Laarchi’s wife and daughter, and a Christian […]