Police shoot teen protester as Hong Kong violence escalates
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester on Tuesday, the first to be hit by live ammunition in almost four months of unrest in the Chinese-ruled city, amid violent clashes on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Cat-and-mouse clashes spread from the shopping district of Causeway Bay to the […]
‘Jerusalem’ UK’s favourite hymn, according to ‘Songs of Praise’ poll
Jerusalem is the UK’s favourite hymn, according to a poll by the BBC’s Songs of Praise. Results of the poll, in which members of the public could choose from the 100 hymns that have featured most on the show over the past five years, were revealed on the show on Sunday. Second place went to How […]
BOOKS: THE STORY OF A REFORMATION TRAGEDY
DAVID ADAMS reads Paul Ham’s account of the incredible and tragic tale of Melchiorites, ‘New Jerusalem’…
Scientists puzzled by really big planet orbiting really little star
Washington, DCReuters Scientists are expressing surprise after discovering a solar system 30 light-years away from Earth that defies current understanding about planet formation, with a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf. Stars generally are much bigger than even the largest planets that orbit them. But in this case, the […]
Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh will seek to improve the way it communicates flood warnings to local people in regions at risk of rising waters, a minister said on Monday, responding to a report that many flood victims were not alerted by the government earlier this year. Severe floods, after heavy monsoon rains, displaced nearly […]
Boko Haram executes two Christian aid workers in Nigeria – sources
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Islamic extremist group Boko Haram released a video last week showing the execution of two Christian aid workers in Nigeria, sources have told Morning Star News. Lawrence Duna Dacighir and Godfrey Ali Shikagham, both members of the Church of Christ in Nations in Plateau state, are shown kneeling while three masked, armed […]
TOWELS
In my family, growing up no one had a particular towel. Whose towel? PICTURE: Anne Nygard/Unsplash You would go in for a bath, and then use one of the towels hanging on the rail. Sometimes you had to search for the driest, but the system seemed to work well. When I got married, my wife […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘FLIGHT SHAMING’ IN THE AIR AS SOME CALL FOR A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE SEE AIR TRAVEL
SEBASTIEN MALO and SONIA ELKS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the concept of ‘flygskam’…
UK’s Prince Harry demands end to “greed and selfishness”, for nature’s sake
Liwonde, MalawiReuters Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday in a national park in Malawi for increased global efforts to protect the environment against “greed, apathy and selfishness”. Harry, whose tour of southern Africa has taken him to four countries, observed a simulated anti-poaching operation by Malawian rangers and British soldiers aimed at protecting endangered species […]
ESSAY: UNDERSTANDING THE ‘GRETA EFFECT’
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at the impact of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her position at the forefront of what he calls ‘Generation Edge’…