Storm-struck Mozambique must revamp climate preparations – former first lady
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation After Cyclone Idai blasted through the Mozambican port of Beira in March, former first lady Graca Machel took a helicopter ride over the city – and was astonished at the devastation. “Beira was left literally with no one single roof that was not affected,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “I was […]
Franklin Graham challenges US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, but voters unlikely to care
RNS Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says his marriage to another man brings him closer to God. Franklin Graham disagrees. LEFT: Sound Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks in Raymond, New Hampshire, on Saturday, 16th February. RIGHT: Rev Franklin Graham speaks during an interview about his latest book in New York on 1st May, 2018. PICTURE: […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ WRAPS UP AN EPIC SAGA WITH A TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION
MARCUS CHEONG reviews the latest (and last?) of Marvel’s Avengers films…
AFTER PRISON: HOW ONE US-BASED RELIGIOUS COALITION WELCOMES THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED HOME
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from North Carollina…
Act now or face disaster in Cameroon, aid chief warns
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A separatist conflict in Cameroon that has forced half a million people from their homes is in danger of worsening, the head of a major aid agency has warned, condemning what he called the “international silence” over the crisis. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the world had […]
In the US, United Methodist court upholds ‘Traditional Plan’s’ ban on LGBTQ clergy, same sex marriage
Chicago, USRNS The United Methodist Church’s top court has upheld much of the Traditional Plan approved earlier this year, continuing the global denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. Approved by delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church’s General Conference in February, the Traditional Plan strengthens language in […]