Hurricane Dorian grows in size, heads toward Florida after bashing Bahamas
Marsh Harbour, BahamasReuters Hurricane Dorian grew in size and picked up speed on Tuesday, and was forecast to come “dangerously close” to Florida’s coast after pounding Grand Bahama Island for about a day, killing at least five people. Dorian, which over the weekend had been one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, inundated […]
More people, less water? Scientists see risks on upper Nile
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Rapid population growth, combined with a hike in hot and dry years, is likely to dramatically increase the number of people suffering water scarcity on the upper River Nile, climate change scientists said last week. By 2030, demand for Nile water will exceed supply, and by 2080, almost two-thirds of people living […]
Trailblazer Althea Gibson honoured with statue at US Open
New York, USReuters A statue honouring African American tennis trailblazer Althea Gibson was unveiled on the opening day of the US Open last week. The granite monument sits outside Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. A new statue honouring African American tennis icon Althea Gibson, who helped integrate the sport, […]
Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election
Reuters Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said last week, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the US presidential election in November, 2020. The social media giant is introducing a “confirmed organisation” label for US political advertisers who show government-issued credentials to […]
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As an 18-year-old I applied to be a part-time youth worker at our country church! I knew I’d get the job, I was a shoe-in for it! I had been helping run youth group for nine months already, and I didn’t have a job. Paul Clark is thankful for the generosity of the church elders […]
FUNERALS: DESIGNER DEATH? SOUTH AFRICA STRUGGLES TO BURY INEQUALITY
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from South Africa…
Pope’s ex-student to welcome his mentor to Madagascar quarry “cathedral”
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Three times a year, Father Pedro Opeka celebrates Mass in a vast grey quarry in the hills above Madagascar’s capital. This week, he will welcome his old teacher, Pope Francis, to see the chiselled granite altar from where he ministers. Opeka studied theology under the future pope in their native Argentina before dedicating […]
ESSAY: POPE FRANCIS FIRMS UP HIS LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT OF NEW CARDINALS
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Pope Francis is reshaping the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals…
POSTCARDS: REALITY SHOT – PHOTO EXHIBITION REVEALS BARCELONA’S “DARK SIDE”
SOPHIE DAVIES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Nigeria says kidnapped Christian teenager Leah Sharibu is alive
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News More than a month after an aid worker indicated in a video that kidnapped Christian teenager Leah Sharibu had been killed, a government official in Nigeria on Saturday said she was alive. Citing intelligence from security agencies, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu released a statement reaffirming that the government is negotiating with […]