Turkey intensifies Syria campaign as Islamic State strikes Kurds
Istanbul, Turkey/Beirut, LebanonReuters Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes in north-east Syria on Friday in an offensive against Kurdish militia that has raised the prospect of a humanitarian disaster and questions about US President Donald Trump’s policy in the region. The Kurds, who recaptured swathes of northeastern Syria from Islamic State with the backing […]
Ethiopia’s Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for resolving conflict with Eritrea
Oslo, NorwayReuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea. Though Africa’s youngest leader still faces big challenges, he has in under two years in power begun political and economic reforms that promise a better life […]
SNAPSHOT: ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND
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Japan’s capital braces for what could be heaviest rain in 60 years
Reuters A powerful storm approached Japan on Friday, threatening to batter its capital with the heaviest rain in 60 years, disrupting a Formula One Grand Prix and rugby’s World Cup and raising fears of transport chaos. Typhoon Hagibis, which means “speed” in the Philippine language Tagalog, is due to make landfall on the main island […]
ESSAY: AMAZONIAN BISHOPS CONDEMN ATTACKS ON RAINFOREST AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks back at this week’s Amazon Synod…
Quick facts – Urban gardens and electric fleets – seven cities winning on climate change
Copenhagen, DenmarkThomson Reuters Foundation From electric buses to pollution-sucking urban gardens, cities around the world are experimenting with ways to ensure global climate goals are met, as they account for about three-quarters of planet-warming emissions, according to the United Nations. A flower grower carries a floral display during the annual flower parade in Medellin, on […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Australia’s Paul Colman returns home for solo concerts
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Christian woman killed in kidnapping of four Baptists in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, another attack in the same county led to the killing of a Baptist woman and the kidnapping of four others from the same church, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed Ezra Haruna, […]
ARCHITECTURE: SIR DAVID ADJAYE ON WINNING THE COMMISSION FOR THE LANDMARK ABRAHAMIC HOUSE IN THE UAE
DAVID GIBSON, in an article published by Religion News Service, speaks to architect David Adjaye about his plans for the Abrahamic Family House in the United Arab Emirates…
Delhi hawkers to be free from threat of eviction after five-year delay
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Delhi is set to become the first Indian city to fully implement a law that protects street vendors against the threat of eviction, authorities in the capital said on Thursday, five years after the landmark legislation was first introduced. Delhi government officials have set up Town Vending Committees, which will survey […]