A simple debit card can help fight human trafficking, UN banking group says
New YorkThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of banks have signed up to a UN program to offer trafficking survivors accounts and debit cards, organizers said on Friday, providing tools they may lack if their captors stole their financial identity or ruined their credit. The banking coalition, launched during the annual General Assembly meeting of the United […]
Climate movement now “too loud to handle” for Trump and critics, Greta Thunberg says
Montreal, Canada/The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Teenage activist Greta Thunberg hit back at critics including US.President Donald Trump on Friday, saying their mockery of children shows her message has become “too loud to handle”. The 16-year-old Swede also told a huge Montreal rally that world leaders had disappointed young people with empty words and inadequate plans. […]
Visiting Thailand, Pope Francis to champion the poor and the environment
Vatican CityRNS Thailand, a Buddhist-majority country best known for its nightlife and street food, may not look like a natural destination for a papal visit. But on closer inspection, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the southeast-Asian country shows how the Pope’s itineraries are shaped as much by his message of environmentalism and economic equality as […]
THE INTERVIEW: ERIC METAXAS ON TRUMP, BONHOEFFER AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks to best-selling evangelical US author and radio host, Eric Metaxas…
Drop in US refugee admissions met with outcry from faith-based resettlement agencies
RNS The Trump administration’s announcement that it would once again slash refugee admissions to the United States to unprecedented lows was met with outcry by refugee resettlement groups – many of which are faith-based. The State Department announced Thursday that President Trump has set the number of refugees the US will accept over the next […]
Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for “unimaginable”water crisis
Guyra, AustraliaReuters The little town of Guyra in eastern Australia lies next to a freshwater lagoon just half a day’s drive from Sydney, but its drinking water is due to run dry in 400 days’ time. The local authorities have been trucking in fresh water, built a pipeline to a local dam and will soon […]