Billy Graham archives to move from Wheaton College to his North Carolina library
RNS The archives of the late evangelist Billy Graham will be moved from their location in Illinois to the library named after him in North Carolina. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association announced the decision about the transfer of the evangelist’s papers and the association’s archives on Thursday. Billy Graham speaks during the Billy Graham Crusade […]
SNAPSHOT: HANOI, VIETNAM
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No documents, no home: “desperate” Syrian mothers turn to child marriage
Washington, DCThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of Syrian women who have fled the eight-year war are stuck in a “legal limbo”, unable to own or reclaim land when they go home, driving some to marry off their underage daughters to acquire property, researchers said on Thursday. Swathes of Syrian towns and cities have been destroyed – […]
MUSIC: ‘TO THE LEAST OF THESE’ A PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF LIFE, LOVE, LONELINESS AND FAITH
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Australian singer/songwriter Rachel Collis’ third studio album…
Southern Asians unaware of deadly health risks from polluted air
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Most people in South and South-East Asia do not know about the diverse causes and long-term health risks of air pollution, a problem that kills 1.5 million people in those regions each year, researchers warned on Thursday. A study by Vital Strategies, a public health advisory group, analysed more than […]
Global database maps fashion factories to crack down on slavery
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A fashion data organisation aims to crack down on slavery and worker abuse by mapping every clothing and footwear factory in the world, with a free, open-source tool launched on Thursday. The Open Apparel Registry seeks to untangle often opaque supply chains by identifying every factory by name and address, increasing transparency […]
Public mistrust thwarts Congo’s Ebola response as cases climb
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A quarter of people surveyed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola hotspots believed the virus was not real, a study said on Wednesday, as the world’s second-biggest outbreak spreads. Health workers said public mistrust is now the biggest obstacle to stopping the epidemic, which has infected more than 1,000 people in […]
DISABILITY: NEW DOCUMENTARY SHOWS THE BLESSING OF COMMUNAL LIVING FOR THOSE WITH – AND WITHOUT – AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Eileen Glass of Australia’s L’Arche community about a new film, ‘Summer in the Forest’, which provides a glimpse into the lives of some of those involved in the organisation’s communal living initiatives…
Berlin conference recalls role of Christian ecumenical assembly in mobilising dissent ahead of the fall of Berlin Wall
A conference in Berlin has recalled how in 1989 an ecumenical assembly mobilised dissent in the former East Germany in the run-up to a peaceful revolution that led to the collapse of communism and the end of the Berlin Wall. Meeting three times between February, 1988, and April, 1989, the Ecumenical Assembly brought together Protestant, […]
ESSAY: WHAT WILL YOU BE EATING TONIGHT?
JACQUII RUBIN, of World Vision Australia, talks about the organisation’s new Uber Eats-inspired campaign to tackle hunger around the world and why it’s targeting Millennials…