Four killed in renewed Sudan protests, opposition medics say
Khartoum, SudanReuters At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Thursday, opposition medics said, as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to pile pressure on the country’s military rulers. Organisers had called for a million-person march in cities across Sudan in response to the […]
SIGNIFICANT SIGHTS: BEACH HOUSE REVELATIONS ON IDYLLIC SUMMER HOLIDAYS
ELISABETH CARTER recalls family beach holidays that opened her eyes to world beyond the norm…
Malaysia working to tighten laws on forest protection, says minister
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Malaysia is working on reforms to its decades-old forestry laws, and will consider suggestions from green activists on how to better protect its rainforests, a minister said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, hundreds of environmentalists marched on Malaysia’s parliament demanding changes to the constitution and laws to step up punishments […]
Israel Folau launches court action over Rugby Australia dismissal
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Israel Folau has formally launched Federal court proceedings against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs over his dismissal for a code of conduct breach, the former Wallabies fullback said on Thursday. Folau’s four-year contract was torn up in May after he posted a meme on social media that said hell awaited […]
Christian disability advocates welcome UN resolution on people with disabilities in conflicts
Christian disability advocates have welcomed the recent passing of the UN’s first ever resolution on the protection of people with disabilities in conflicts. The 15 member UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on 20th June. It calls upon all parties to armed conflict to protect people with disabilities in conflicts and ensure they have […]
US Protestant-only ministry changes course, opens its doors to Catholics
RNS In late May, Rev Jay Scott Newman received a visitor in his study at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville, South Carolina. Reid Lehman, the CEO of Miracle Hill Ministries, sat down to tell the priest that Lehman’s evangelical agency, the largest provider of care to the needy in the Upstate – the 10-county […]
ESSAY: HAVE WE NO DECENCY? A RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s latest outburst, US Christian leaders MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE, RANDOLPH MARSHALL HOLLERITH, and KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS – who all serve at Washington’s National Cathedral, wonder, in an article published by Religion News Service, when Americans have had enough…
In dragons vs tourists fight, Indonesian villagers to lose out
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of residents of an island in eastern Indonesia are resisting a government plan to relocate them and close the island next year in a bid to conserve rare Komodo dragons. Last week, Indonesian authorities said the island of Komodo would be closed next year to allow for the recovery of […]