POSTCARDS: THE CAMBODIAN CEMETERY WHERE THE LIVING OUTNUMBER THE DEAD
MATT BLOMBERG reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on the plight of landless people in Phnom Penh slums…
Dutch church ends continuous service after almost 100 days with Armenian family granted permission to stay
A continuous church service aimed at preventing an Armenian family from being deported from The Netherlands ended on Wednesday after 96 days when the government agreed not go ahead with the deportation while their case is reviewed. Hundreds of supporters of the Tamrazyan family have been involved in the services at the Bethel Church in […]
Kenyan Supreme Court overturns ruling allowing hijab in Christian schools
Nairobi, KenyaRNS An emotional debate over whether Muslim students may wear hijab in Christian schools took a new turn last week when the Kenyan Supreme Court reversed a lower-court ruling that had allowed female students to wear Muslim headscarves to school. The ruling comes amid a heightened push by Muslim leaders and civic groups for […]
STRANGESIGHTS: SWISS GUARDS WEAR PLASTIC; NO CRIME DURING COLD SNAP; AND, UNUSUAL WAITERS…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Investors call on McDonald’s and KFC to step up climate change action
Thomson Reuters Foundation An investor group managing some $US6.5 trillion on Tuesday called on six of the world’s largest fast food restaurants, including McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King, to reduce their planet-harming greenhouse gas emissions and water use. Companies selling burgers, chicken and milk products are trailing behind other high-emitting industries, like carmakers, in setting […]
Refugees in India’s West Bengal get land titles amid citizenship row
Thomson Reuters Foundation Authorities in India’s West Bengal state have given land titles to about 30,000 refugees who have lived in settlement colonies for years, and promised that thousands more will also get property rights, as a row over their citizenship intensifies. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee handed the title deeds on Monday, and said those […]
OUTREACH: BIBLE STUDY AND SKATEBOARDS MEET AT ‘SKATECHURCH’
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are reaching out to skaters…
Christian and Muslim NGOs in UK join in call for prayer for Yemen
UK-based Christian and Muslim NGOs have issued a joint call for people to pray for those affected by the situation in Yemen, described as the world’s “worst humanitarian crisis”. While there is some hope that a ceasefire brokered last month – promising to restore the port of Hodeida and allow food and medicine into Yemen […]
ESSAY: THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER argues that new laws are part of the answer to issues surrounding the use of social media but that it also opens “huge opportunities” for educators and church leaders…