Pastor surveilled after ministering to migrants sues US Government
RNS A prominent Manhattan pastor has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that US officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist over her ministry to migrants at the border. Rev Kaji Douša, senior pastor of Park Avenue Christian Church and longtime advocate for immigrants’ rights, was the only clergy member listed […]
Hong Kong leader says extradition bill “dead”, but critics not satisfied
Hong KongReuters The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong’s biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory’s leader said on Tuesday, adding that the government’s work on the legislation had been a “total failure”, but critics accused her of playing with words. The bill, which would allow people in Hong Kong to be sent to […]
Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo address US Christian pro-Israel summit
RNS Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both addressed a Christian pro-Israel group on Monday, lifting up the US ally as a bastion of inclusivity and railing against Iran. Pence and Pompeo delivered their remarks at the annual summit of Christians United for Israel, a conservative Christian organization led by […]
As Venezuela’s healthcare collapses, pregnant women, girls bear brunt of crisis
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation In Caracas’s main maternity hospital the blood banks and medicine cabinets are empty, the power and water regularly cut out – and women and girls are dying needlessly, according to one of the few remaining doctors, Luisangela Correa. The surgeon is one of only three left at the Concepcion Palacios hospital […]
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Do you know why the Prime Minister and parliamentarians are called “ministers” and public servants are called “servants”? The Australian House of Representatives. PICTURE: Aditya Joshi/Unsplash It’s because of Jesus. When Jesus was training His disciples they got into a big argument about who was the greatest! Jesus rebuked them, saying “the world’s leaders lord it […]
MAPPING: “THEY TOOK AWAY OUR IDENTITY” – GOOGLE MAPS PUZZLES RESIDENTS WITH NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD NAMES
UMBERTO BACCHI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
In the US, Veteran Affair’s revised policies on symbols, displays aim to protect ‘religious liberty’
RNS In the wake of a Supreme Court decision permitting a cross to remain on a public highway, the Department of Veterans Affairs has revised its policies on religious symbols in displays at VA facilities. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced on 3rd July that the new policies will reduce inconsistencies among VA facilities. A Catholic […]
ESSAY: FIVE MOON LANDING INNOVATIONS THAT CHANGED LIFE ON EARTH
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEAN CREIGHTON, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, looks at some of the benefits from the 1969 moon landing…
THIS LIFE: CREATED BY GOD TO BE CREATIVE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the idea of creativity…
Justice out of reach for two in three, report says
Updated: 10th July, 2019New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Two in three people lack access to justice – with stateless, enslaved and war-affected people worst hit – according to research released on Monday that showed the challenge of achieving the United Nations’ goal of justice for all. More than five billion people fall into a […]