OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY: THE LORD STOOD BY ME
In the final of his series looking at I and II Timothy, BRUCE C WEARNE examines Paul’s concluding words to his “young associate” Timothy…
US faith and civil rights groups ask for FBI meeting on white nationalism
RNS A coalition of faith groups and civil rights organizations is asking to meet with the director of the FBI, arguing that after a string of attacks on houses of worship in recent years, the agency should focus on the threat of white nationalism. The coalition, which includes Muslim Advocates, the Union for Reform Judaism, […]
Zika, dengue to threaten up to a billion more as climate warms
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Up to a billion additional people – including many in North America and Europe – could be exposed to mosquito-carried viruses including dengue fever and Zika virus by 2080 if the climate continues to warm at current rates, researchers said Thursday. Preventing that expansion of potentially fatal diseases will require not just […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Momentum continues to build for Planetshakers
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Win for women’s rights as UK puts mothers’ names on marriage certificates
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation British couples will be able to include their mothers’ names on their marriage certificate under a change in law hailed as a step forward for women’s rights on Wednesday. Church of England leaders also praised the change, which passed into law this week, saying the previous system demeaned women and was out […]
Half urban population of sub-Saharan Africa still living in slums – study
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Housing conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have improved dramatically since 2000, but nearly half the urban population still lives in slums, according to a major new study published on Wednesday. Research in Nature magazine found the proportion of homes that met United Nations criteria for building standards, living space per person, […]
Millions of Indian women, homeless “left behind” ahead of elections
New DelhiThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of women and homeless people will be barred from voting in India’s elections because of biases and difficulties in getting identification papers, human rights groups said on Tuesday, warning this would increase their marginalisation. Every Indian who is 18 years or older has a right to vote in polls due […]
MIDDLE EAST: HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS COURTING EVANGELICALS ON ITS ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PLAN
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…
From black megachurch to big screen: Another team of brothers directs new movie
Largo, Maryland, USRNS Jimmy Jenkins and his brother, Joshua, stood in front of the crowd at a local AMC movie theater and admitted to being overwhelmed. After showing their new movie, Sinners Wanted, for free the previous weekend at the black megachurch where their father preaches, on Friday, 22nd March, they were in a nearby theatre […]
ESSAY: WHY TRUMP’S RECOGNITION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AS ISRAELI TERRITORY MATTERS
In an article first published on The Conversation, US academic DINA BADIE provides some context to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights…