Updated: Robert Mugabe, liberation ‘colossus’ who crushed foes as Zimbabwe unravelled, dead at 95
Updated: 7th September, 2019Harare, ZimbabweReuters Robert Mugabe, the bush war guerrilla who led Zimbabwe to independence and crushed his foes during nearly four decades of rule as his country descended into poverty, hyperinflation and unrest, died on Friday. He was 95. Declared a national hero within hours of his death by the long-serving aide who […]
On climate change, Britons are shaky on facts, strong on action – study
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation From the amount of plastic recyled to how record-breaking recent temperatures are, the British public’s grasp of the facts about climate change remain shaky, researchers said Thursday. In a survey looking at public misperceptions about the environment, researchers at King’s College London found two-thirds of people surveyed agreed with the British Parliament […]
Kidnapped – and tortured, Baptist pastor in Nigeria freed after 17 days
Morning Star News A Baptist pastor kidnapped last month in Nigeria was released over the weekend after his family and Christian leaders paid a ransom, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state, who abducted Rev Elisha Noma on 14th August, received three million naira ($US8,181) before freeing him on Saturday (31st August), the chairman […]
Quick facts – Weird waste, from sandy syringes to space junk
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation From medical waste washing onto the beach at Pakistan to man-made debris orbiting the earth, the scale of waste – and the strange shape it can take – is a growing global concern. Without urgent action, the world’s waste will increase by 70 per cent by 2050, according to a 2018 report […]
THE BIG PICTURE: “OPEN YOUR MOUTH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO VOICE”
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s September poster…
IMMIGRATION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN CATHOLICS TO UNITE IN MASS FOR IMMIGRANTS
ALEJANDRA MOLINA reports for Religion News Service…
Bangladesh signs up to UN treaty to combat human trafficking
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh’s decision to adopt an international treaty that binds countries to strict anti-trafficking measures could help it avoid US sanctions, a UN official said on Wednesday. Bangladesh has been on a US State Department watchlist for the past three years over its record on human trafficking, putting it at risk of […]
ESSAY: POPE FRANCES PUSHES A NEW THEOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
US religion commentator MARK SILK, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Pope Francis is calling for “prophetic actions” to spur governments into greater action on climate change…
WOW!: CAFE BREWS UP HOPE FOR NEPAL’S TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
GOPAL SHARMA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Maiti Cafe in Kathmandu is helping trafficking survivors…
Pope Francis blesses Mozambique’s reconciliation efforts on Africa visit
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis drove home his message for lasting peace in the troubled country of Mozambique on Thursday, the first day of his three-country visit to Africa, while speaking to its leaders of today and its generation of tomorrow. “In the course of these years, you have come to realise how the pursuit of […]