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Canadian PM Trudeau vows to continue campaign amid blackface scandal
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to continue his re-election campaign and asked for forgiveness on Thursday after pictures of him in blackface emerged with less than five weeks before the national vote. The Liberal Party leader’s campaign has been upended since TIME magazine on Wednesday published an image of him with his face […]
Many states inflict “serious cruelty” on rights activists – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters One-quarter of UN member states have carried out suspected reprisals against activists who cooperate with the world body on human rights issues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. China, Egypt, Iran, and Vietnam were among states named in his annual report who rejected the allegations during a two-hour debate at the UN […]
Millions in England one pay cheque away from homelessness
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Almost three million people in England are one pay cheque away from losing their homes because they cannot pay the rent, housing charity Shelter said on Thursday. Just under half of working people living in privately rented homes in England would be unable to afford rent for more than a month if […]
National governments urged to get behind cities to win climate fight
BarcelonaThomson Reuters Foundation With efforts to make buildings, transport, energy and waste management greener, cities could cut their planet-warming emissions nearly 90 per cent by 2050, producing close to $US24 trillion in returns, a coalition of 50 organisations said on Thursday. But to realise the benefits of investing in low-carbon infrastructure and services, cities both […]
SACRED PLACES: HOW DOES A CHURCH MAKE THE POOR VISIBLE? THIS US ONE IMMORTALISED THEM IN A FRESCO
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from North Carolina on a church art project with a purpose…
Explainer: United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote
RNS The United Methodist Church’s deadline for petitions for its next global meeting passed Wednesday, setting the terms for a final reckoning with LGBTQ issues that have divided the denomination for more than 40 years. The UMC’s General Conference 2020, to be held in May in Minneapolis, will consider the structure of what church leaders […]
ESSAY: WHEN CHRISTIAN WOMEN SPEAK UP
LIBBY SANDERS, mercy and justice program manager, at Anglican Deaconess Ministries in Sydney was among a delegation of more than 40 Australian Christian women leaders, organised by Micah Australia, who went to Canberra on Wednesday to “amplify the voices of people in the Pacific”. Here, Sanders talks about why…
LIFESTORY: DR SAID AILABOUNI – GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF “REJECTED, OPPRESSED, OCCUPIED”, PART II
In the second of a two part article first published in whole on the World Council of Churches’ website to mark the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel this week, IVARS KUPCIS speaks with Palestinian Rev Dr Said Ailabouni, programme director for Europe and Middle East with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, about his life’s […]
UN honours activist who helped thousands of refugees return to Congo
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Congolese activist Evariste Mfaume decided to take action when he found out that thousands of his compatriots who had fled war 20 years ago wanted to come home, but had no place to go. He lobbied the government for land and helped set up farms for 19,000 returning families – an […]