THIS LIFE: MERCY IN ACTION, AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL MANKIND
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at a recent example of forgiveness seen in a US courtroom…
Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong warn protesters as emergency rules fail to quell unrest
Hong KongReuters Chinese soldiers issued a warning to Hong Kong protesters on Sunday who shone lasers at their barracks in the city, in the first direct interaction with mainland military forces in four months of anti-government demonstrations. The People’s Liberation Army garrison in Kowloon district warned a crowd of a few hundred protesters they could […]
New Zealand marks Cook’s landing as PM urges “more open” talk on history
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on Saturday for New Zealand to have a more open conversation about its history, as commemorations kicked off to mark the landing of the British explorer James Cook 250 years ago. Britain delivered a “statement of regret” to Indigenous Maori this week for the killing of nine of […]
New Zealand bishop resigns after woman’s complaint of unacceptable behaviour
MelbourneReuters A Catholic bishop in New Zealand has resigned after a church body investigated a young woman’s complaint against him regarding “unacceptable behaviour of a sexual nature”, a top church official has said. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan of Palmerston North, Cardinal John Dew, the metropolitan Archbishop of New Zealand, said […]
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden
StockholmReuters North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. The North’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong-gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an American delegation, cast the blame […]
SUPPLY CHAINS: CONGO MINE DEPLOYS DIGITAL WEAPONS IN FIGHT AGAINST CONFLICT MINERALS
AARON ROSS and BARBARA LEWIS, of Reuters, report on efforts to ensure minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don’t use child labour or fund warlords and corrupt soldiers….