POSTCARDS: A BETTER BEIRUT? FROM STREET CLEAN-UPS TO REVIVED BUILDINGS, PROTESTS SPUR CITY INNOVATION
ABBIE CHEESEMAN and FINBAR ANDERSON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Lebanon…
“Global ring” involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck, court told
Chelmsford, UKReuters A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking. The discovery of the bodies last week in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate near London has […]
EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December election
London, UKReuters The European Union agreed to a Brexit delay of up to three months on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would push on with his bid to end Britain’s political paralysis with an election on 12th December. With the United Kingdom’s scheduled 31st October departure from the EU now virtually certain […]
Hong Kong enters recession as street protests erupt in flames
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by five months of anti-government protests that erupted in flames at the weekend, and is unlikely to achieve any growth this year, the city’s Financial Secretary said. Black-clad and masked demonstrators set fire to shops and hurled petrol bombs at police on Sunday following a now-familiar […]
Could a Hispanic evangelical swing vote be key in next year’s US election?
RNS When asked what it would take for candidates to court the Hispanic evangelical vote in 2020, Rev Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, refused to limit his answer. “We’re pro-life. We want criminal justice reform. We want educational equity. We want a healthy economy,” he told Religion News Service last week, […]
From Ethiopia to Australia, the promises and pitfalls of tourism for good
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation The opening of Ethiopia’s once-secretive imperial palace complex has been hailed as symbolising a new era of openness for the east African nation, but it also has another aim – job creation. The Menelik palace and its 40-acre Unity Park compound overlooking Addis Ababa opened to the public this month […]
Britons say they oppose police use of facial recognition tech
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Almost two in three Britons disagree with police using artificial intelligence such as facial recognition technology to identify suspects, according to a survey released on Friday. Public bodies and employers could face a popular backlash against “tech creep” in sectors from recruitment to policing, found the poll, commissioned by Britain’s Royal […]
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: SURVEY FINDINGS POINT TO ROLE DIGITAL TECH IS PLAYING IN THE LIVES OF 18 TO 35S
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Barna president David Kinnaman during his brief visit, hosted by World Vision Australia, to Melbourne last week to talk about the organisation’s landmark research into the “connected generation”…
As Amazon synod closes, bishops ask the Pope to allow married priests
Vatican CityRNS Bishops voted on the final document of their Vatican summit on the Pan-Amazonian region on Saturday, taking preliminary steps forward toward the ordination of married men to the priesthood, the female diaconate and the creation of an Amazonian Rite. The bishops approved with a two thirds majority all the 140 paragraphs in the […]
ESSAY: IS KANYE WEST EVEN ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT JESUS?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, HEATHER THOMSON DAY, author and professor of communications at Colorado Christian University, asks why Kanye West is being mocked for talking about his faith…