WHO issues first advice on dementia: exercise and don’t smoke
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization published its first guidelines on the prevention and management of dementia on Tuesday, putting physical activity at the top of its list of recommendations for preventing cognitive decline. Stopping smoking, a healthy diet and avoiding harmful use of alcohol were also among the recommendations of the WHO’s report, entitled […]
UN Secretary-General condemns attack on Burkina Faso church
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the latest attack on a church in Burkina Faso in which six people, including a priest, were killed when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Sunday. In a statement, Guterres urged all citizens of Burkina Faso to “stand firmly with one another across communities and not to succumb to efforts […]
FREEDOM AND FOOTBALL
Rather than freedom being at ability to do “whatever we want”, thinkers like Augustine has posited that real freedom is the ability to choose to do good, to avoid sin – to put it another way – to obey God! PICTURE: Hal Gatewood/Unsplash At first glance this sounds stupid! How can freedom be obeying someone? Then it hit […]
PROTECTING HOUSES OF WORSHIP: IN THE US, EXPERTS SAY INTERFAITH COLLABORATION IS THE FUTURE OF SECURITY
AYSHA KHAN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Companies trying to do good face stiff competition – from each other
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Competition for funding among companies trying to do good by doing everything from harvesting rainwater to making prosthetic limbs can be fierce. Taking part in international contests that reward the best business ideas with prize money is a way for social enterprises to raise funding without giving away equity. Chivas […]
ESSAY: INDIA’S CYCLONE FANI RECOVERY OFFERS THE WORLD LESSONS IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
MONAJ DORA and ARABINDA KUMAR PADHEE, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the lessons to be learned in the wake of Cyclone Fani…
WOW! HOW SOCIAL ENTERPRISES LIKE DENMARK’S HUSET VENTURE ARE BUILDING MORE INCLUSIVE WORKFORCES
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how social enterprises are employing people with disabilities…
Calls for release of Nigerian Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu renewed ahead of her 16th birthday
Calls for the release of Nigerian Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu – among 110 girls abducted from their school in Dapchi in February, 2018 – have been renewed ahead of her 16th birthday on Tuesday. Leah Sharibu. Sharibu was 14-years-old when she was taken from the school on 19th February by militants belonging to Boko Haram […]