POSTCARDS: THIRSTY CROPS, LEAKY INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVE TUNISIA’S WATER CRISIS
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
James MacDonald “biblically disqualified” for ministry, says Harvest Bible
RNS Former pastor and radio preacher James MacDonald is no longer fit for ministry, said the elders of Harvest Bible Chapel, the megachurch MacDonald founded in the Chicago suburbs in 1988. In a statement released on Sunday, the church elders found MacDonald was prone to anger, “had a pattern of improperly exercising positional and spiritual […]
Warning over Cambodia’s garment workers as EU tariff threat looms
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia could face exploitation if proposed EU trade sanctions cause major fashion brands to downsize there, labour rights activists have warned. The garment industry is Cambodia’s largest employer and generates $US7 billion annually, but it faces uncertainty after the European Union this year […]
Australia rains: Dancing in the street, not so much down on the farm
SydneyReuters The heaviest rains in years have fallen across parts of Australia’s east coast, bringing relief to some struggling livestock farmers, although the showers are not likely to break a drought that has crippled the country’s grains sector. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said some parts of the state of New South Wales received nearly 100 […]
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting hotspots and profiling crooks in a bid to curb the growing trade in people, the government said last week. The ‘Systraite’ system will collect information on victims, convictions, traffickers […]
Hong Kong mall clash ends in bloody knife attack and bitten off ear
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong anti-government protesters crowded a shopping mall in running clashes with police on Sunday during which a man with a knife slashed several people and apparently bit off part of a local politician’s ear. A human chain in Cityplaza, in the eastern suburb of Taikoo Shing, turned into a face-to-face conflict with […]
GENDER: MEN SWEEPING? WOMEN INHERITING? RURAL KENYA SHAKES UP GENDER ROLES
CAROLINE WAMBUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts supporters say are aimed at loosening gender restrictions that hold back economic and social progress…
Climate change could put development goals beyond reach, UN official warns
As global warming brings wilder weather, more harvest failures and the risk of growing migration and poverty, “sustainable development as we think of it today may be out of reach”, a top UN specialist in climate change losses warned last week. Nations around the world in 2015 agreed to pursue a set of Sustainable Development […]
ESSAY: TRUMP’S REFUGEE CAP COMPROMISES THE US ECONOMY AND AMERICAN IDENTITY
In an article first published on Religion News Service, SCOTT ARBEITER, president of World Relief, explains why dramatic reductions in refugee admittances hurts rather than helps the US…