LIFESTORY: FAITH COSTS CHRISTIAN IN ALGERIA HIS FAMILY AND LIVELIHOOD
Morning Star News reports on the plight of a 32-year-old Christian convert in Algeria…
England’s Bath Abbey set to tap hot water from nearby Roman Baths for renewable heating solution
Bath Abbey from the Roman Baths. PICTURE: David Adams England’s world-renowned Bath Abbey is set to have eco-friendly underfloor heating installed in an innovative solution using water from the nearby World Heritage-listed Roman Baths. The works, being undertaken as part of a £19.3 million project to restore the abbey’s floor, will see engineers using technology […]
UK stops charging forced marriage victims for rescue after outcry
Thomson Reuters Foundation British women saved from forced marriage abroad will no longer have to repay the government for the cost of their rescue, the Foreign Secretary said on Wednesday, after a public outcry. Women’s rights campaigners reacted angrily to revelations in the Times newspaper last week that the government was charging adult victims for […]
How forgotten local plants could ease malnutrition in East Timor
Thomson Reuters Foundation The Australian owners of a restaurant in East Timor are hoping to use their passion for the local cuisine to combat malnutrition in the tiny South-East Asian nation. East Timor has Asia’s worst rates of child malnutrition, with more than 50 per cent of children suffering from stunting – a condition that […]
FOOD SECURITY: WITH FARMS ATOP MALLS, SINGAPORE GETS SERIOUS ABOUT FUTURE FOOD
RINA CHANDRAN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Singapore is ensuring its food security into the future…