UN wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade
LondonReuters The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalised communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. More than half of all new HIV infections in 2018 were among sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, transgender […]
BOOKS: FOLLOWING THE WAY OF CHRIST IN A JOURNEY TO BIBLICAL JUSTICE
DAVID ADAMS reads Sight contributor Nils von Kalm’s new book…
As fuel prices rise, firewood rustlers vex rural Kenya
Muiru, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Lucy Muthoni has never liked dogs. But these days, a pair of mean-looking hounds tail her as she makes the rounds at her farm in central Kenya. The reason for her shift in attitude is an unusual crime wave sweeping through villages in rural Kenya: firewood theft. Eric Mutwiri, a resident […]
Britain defends low rate of forced marriage prosecutions
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation British police defended the low rate of prosecutions for forced marriage on Monday, saying they were using other tools to protect potential victims without forcing them to testify against family members. The comments came as they prepared to guard against a spike in cases over the school summer holiday in July and […]
“They bombed our livelihoods” – Sri Lanka’s tourism firms struggle after attacks
Unwatuna/Galle, Sri LankaReuters Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka’s most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took […]
WELFARE
Did you know that 100 years ago few people would have got any government welfare? Welfare is a very recent phenomenon. The church has played a key role in healthcare and education provision, says Paul Clark. Pictured in Bath Abbey. PICTURE: Elizabeth Jamieson/Unsplash For most of history, kings and rulers taxed! Mainly because they were better […]
US: ‘MEDICAL RESPITE’ OFFERS A PLACE TO REST IN CITIES BATTLING HOMELESSNESS
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the US…
Michael W Smith, Kevin Jonas to start music centre, label at Liberty University
RNS Grammy Award-winning artist Michael W Smith hopes to share the secrets of his success with students at Liberty University this coming fall. He’ll be joined by Kevin Jonas, the father and original manager of the Jonas Brothers, the mega-popular sibling rock trio. Artist Michael W Smith performs at “1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: […]
ESSAY: THE JUBILEE OF THE MOON LANDING IS A CHANCE TO ASSESS TECHNOLOGY’S PROMISE
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JULIE SCHONFELD, managing director of US-based Leading Ethics, looks at the promise of technology…
POSTCARDS: IN REMOTE APPALACHIA, LIBERAL CHRISTIANS GATHER AT WILD GOOSE TO PRAY – AND PLAN
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from the recent Wild Goose Festival in the US…