Cities are sucking our countryside dry, scientists say
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Expanding cities are sucking up ever more water, exacerbating the effect of climate change and threatening to create a “dusty and deserted” rural hinterland, scientists said on Thursday. An international team of researchers calculated that globally at least 16 billion cubic meters of water – almost the annual flow of the […]
SNAPSHOT: NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE, GERMANY
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RWANDAN GENOCIDE: HOW MASS RAPE TRANSFORMED NATION’S RESPONSE TO AIDS
As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, NITA BHALLA, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how it changed the country’s response to AIDS…
Oxfam to close Australian stores
Oxfam Australia has announced it will close its eight Australian retail shops and cease online sales over a phased period from May. Almost 100 staff – 40 permanent and 60 casual – are affected by the decision made by Oxfam Australia’s board. The decision to cease all Oxfam Australia Tradiing operations also brings to an […]
Man arrested over three church fires in US state of Louisiana
A 21-year-old man, the son of a law enforcement officer, faces charges over three fires, believed to have been deliberately lit, at historically black churches in the US state of Louisiana, according to state authorities. The man, identified as Holden Matthews, of Opelousas, was booked into jail in relation to three counts of simple arson of […]
Korean churches to join in forming human peace chain alongside Korean divide
As many as 100,000 people are expected to join in a human chain running alongside the Korean Demilitarised Zone to mark the first anniversary of the Panmunjon Declaration and put pressure to break the deadline in current talks. The Panmunjon Declaration was adopted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in […]
ETHICAL FASHION: PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES SEEING INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENTS BUT STILL “A DISTANCE TO GO” REPORT FINDS
DAVID ADAMS reports on the findings of the seventh annual Ethical Fashion Report from Baptist World Aid Australia…
Road traffic charity paves way to safer cities for African children
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam did not have traffic signs, speed bumps or footpaths outside many schools, although children walking to class were being hit by cars on a regular basis. So SARSAI, a small non-profit program in Africa, got the government’s permission to install these features itself, reducing child […]
ESSAY: JULIAN ASSANGE – ANARCHIST OR ACTIVIST?
Following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday, MAL FLETCHER reflects on the case…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: HOW DO YOU DO?
In the first of a new series looking at the New Testament Book of Galatians, BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the introductory passage…