Bolsonaro says Brazil lacks resources to fight Amazon fires
Sao Paulo/Brasilia, BrazilReuters The Brazilian Government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday, weeks after telling donors he did not need their money. “The Amazon is bigger than Europe, how will you fight criminal fires in such an area?,” he asked […]
Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries’ wealth – report
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists said in a new report, dispelling the notion that impoverished, warm countries will suffer the most on a warming planet. Researchers who examined data from 174 countries […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Explainer – A look at how songs get on the air?
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Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer dies at 73
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, whose rural voter base was critical for the introduction of tough gun control laws in the aftermath of the country’s worst mass shooting in 1996, has died aged 73. Fischer was the quintessential, laconic rural Australian, always wearing a rabbit-skin Akubra hat. He described campaigning for […]
Mexican pastor shot dead outside church, reports CSW
A pastor was fatally shot following a service at his church in south-west Mexico on Sunday. Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was reportedly waiting in his car outside the Fraternidad Cristiana church following the service when he was shot. The shooter attempted to escape but was detained by congregation members and handed over to authorities. The pastor was […]
Homeless children in England living in shipping containers, hostels – Commissioner’s report
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Children in England are sleeping in converted shipping containers and rooming houses, environments that are often dangerous and far from their schools, a report by the Children’s Commissioner for England found on Wednesday. Homelessness has been increasing in England for nearly a decade amid rising private rents, a freeze on welfare benefits […]
VEGGIETALES: BELOVED CHRISTIAN CARTOON SHOW TO BE REVIVED ON TBN
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the reboot of celebrated US cartoon VeggieTales…
Should Rohingya refugees return to Myanmar?
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation A second attempt to repatriate over 3,000 Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladesh to Myanmar risks exposing refugees to ethnic violence which many of them fled two years ago, human rights groups said on Wednesday. Bangladesh and the United Nations are consulting Rohingya refugees to determine if they will accept […]
ESSAY: SCIENCE, FACTS AND TRUTH MATTER MOST WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the importance of facts in making decisions…
LIFESTORY: REV DR SANG CHANG, A PASSIONATE KOREAN FEMINIST AND ECUMENIST
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, CLAUS GRUE speaks with Rev Dr Sang Chang, the WCC Asia president, about how her life’s experiences have given her even greater determination to fight for gender equality and social justice…