Breathing walls to rooftop farms: Cities get creative for a greener future
Oslo, Norway Thomson Reuters Foundation From “breathing walls” that recover energy and filter air to urban farms on rooftops, cities around the world are experimenting with creative ways to become carbon-neutral, aiming to make no contribution to global warming. The C40 network of cities tackling climate change announced the 15 winners of its Reinventing Cities competition […]
Iranian church closed, cross torn down
World Watch Monitor An Assyrian church in northwestern Iran has been closed down and the cross removed from its tower, reports advocacy organisation Article 18. A “large number” of agents from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and EIKO, an organisation presided over by the Supreme Leader, reportedly stormed the 100-year-old-church on 9th May, changed all the locks, […]
World Council of Churches raises concerns over Colombia’s peace process after wave of assassinations
The World Council of Churches has raised concerns over the future of Colombia’s peace process following the recent killings of two community leaders, among the latest in a wave of assassinations that has occurred in the country this year. Belisario Arciniegas García, a farmer and candidate in local elections, and Wilmar Carvajalino, a driver who […]
Patchy progress on electricity access casts shadow on global goal
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation People are gaining access to electricity at a faster pace as governments ramp up efforts in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Kenya – but the prospects for many African countries remain gloomy, international agencies said last week. Globally, those living without electricity dropped to about 840 million in 2017 from one billion […]
Two years after siege, no return to normal for Philippine city
BangkokThomson Reuters Foundation Two years after pro-Islamic State militants laid siege to the Philippine city of Marawi, tens of thousands of people remain uprooted and rebuilding is slow, aid agencies said last week. The siege forced more than 100,000 residents from their homes in the predominantly Muslim city. Some went into transitional housing, built by […]
HERITAGE: AS TOURISM DRIVES RESIDENTS OUT, HISTORIC MALAYSIAN CITY TURNS TO MILLENNIALS
BEH LIH YI reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation from the island of Penang…
Forced marriage cases reported in Britain jump to record high
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of calls to a specialist British unit tackling forced marriage leapt to a record high last year, with nearly one in five involving a child aged under 16, data released on Friday showed. The Forced Marriage Unit dealt with 1,764 cases in 2018, a jump of 47 per cent on […]
ESSAY: THERESA MAY RESIGNS AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER – HERE’S WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG
In an article first published on The Conversation, NICHOLAS ALLEN, of Royal Holloway at the University of London, looks at what led to the resignation of the British Prime Minister last Friday…
THIS LIFE: WANTING SOMETHING THE WORLD CAN’T OFFER
ELISABETH CARTER reflects on how the search for perfection ultimately leads us to God…
Archbishop of Canterbury pays tribute to outgoing British PM Theresa May
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has paid tribute to outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May following her announcement on Friday that she would be standing down on 7th June. In a statement released on Friday, the Archbishop, who is the senior bishop of the Church of England and the symbolic head of the worldwide […]