Taliban car bomb kills at least 14 as group holds peace talks in Qatar
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 180, including scores of children, hours before a meeting in Qatar aimed at preparing the ground for peace talks. Islamist Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb in Ghazni city near an […]
Amy Butler, first female pastor of NYC’s The Riverside Church, to step down
RNS The first female pastor to lead The Riverside Church in New York City is leaving the historic, progressive Christian church. After five years at Riverside, Rev Amy Butler will not renew her contract as senior minister, according to an update from Butler and the Riverside Church Council posted on the church’s website. “It has been one of the […]
Tech entrepreneurs seek to shatter stereotypes about women in farming
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation When Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja-Kuye started Nigeria’s first vertical farming company she already had years of experience advising governments under her belt – yet as a woman, she still struggled to be taken seriously. “In the beginning, even my staff, when they first come on board, are more likely to listen to […]