SIGHT-SEEING: REMEMBERING THOMAS AQUINAS
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the lessons of Thomas Aquinas…
‘Food shocks’ increasing in frequency over last five decades, report says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Food shocks, or sudden losses of crops, livestock or fish, due to the combination of extreme weather conditions and geopolitical events like war, increased from 1961 to 2013, said researchers at The University of Tasmania in a report released Monday. Researchers saw a steady increase in shock frequency over each decade with […]
Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan after court dismisses challenge to her acquittal
Lahore, PakistanRNS Pakistan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Islamists to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman previously convicted of blasphemy, freeing her to leave the country and join her daughters in Canada. In the ruling Tuesday, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the petitioners led by a village cleric failed […]
Children who survived Boko Haram attacks recover through drama, art
Thomson Reuters Foundation Growing mental health services for children who have survived Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency can help prevent future violence, aid agencies said on Monday, although huge needs remain unmet. In Niger’s Diffa region, about 250,000 people have fled fighting around Lake Chad where Islamist group Boko Haram has been waging attacks since 2009, according […]
BOOKS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DISASTER COMES INTO YOUR LIFE
DAVID ADAMS reads disaster psychologist Jamie Aten’s book about the journey his life took when things went wrong in his own life…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘GREEN BOOK’ A NUANCED, FUNNY AND POIGNANT TAKE ON RACIAL INJUSTICE
DAVID ADAMS is impressed by ‘Green Book’…
Quick facts – 10 things you didn’t know about data privacy
Thomson Reuters Foundation From hackers exposing private information online to the handling of users’ data by internet giants, online privacy has become a matter of growing concern for countries, companies and people alike. On Monday, countries around the world marked Data Privacy Day, also known as Data Protection Day – an initiative to raise awareness […]
Pope Francis rules out allowing “optional” celibacy for priests
Pope Francis has ruled out making celibacy optional for Catholic priests, describing celibacy as a “gift for the church”. Speaking to reporters which on board a plane returning from Panama on Sunday – where he had attended World Youth Day events, the Pope reportedly said: “Personally, I think that celibacy is a gift for the church […]
ORGANISED!
In about year five I found that I had an assignment due the next day! An assignment I hadn’t even started. PICTURE: Kimberly Farmer/Unsplash I shared my distress with my parents: ‘Where would I find information about an Australian explorer at 7pm at night, before the internet?’ Fortunately, my parents had a 1968 encyclopedia. Unfortunately, […]
BURNING ISSUE: CAN TECH INNOVATORS SAVE SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRE CAPITAL?
INNA LAZAREVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how tech entrepreneurs are finding solutions to fires in South Africa’s slums…