WOW!: BEYOND VEGAN BURGERS – NEXT-GENERATION PROTEIN COULD COME FROM AIR, METHANE, VOLCANIC SPRINGS
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
In the US, UMC’s Western Jurisdiction announces “safe harbour” for LGBTQ clergy
RNS The bishops of the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church in the US have declared their churches a “safe harbour” for LGBTQ clergy. The Safe Harbor Declaration was announced Wednesday as United Methodists’ Council of Bishops wrapped up its autumn meeting in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. And it comes months before new restrictions strengthening the […]
Getting better? More woman in tech but not at the top
LisbonThomson Reuters Foundation Technology firms are hiring more women and narrowing the gender gap, a poll by Europe’s largest technology conference found on Wednesday, but female leaders said the multi-trillion dollar industry was still failing to put them in its boardrooms. A poll of 600 women in tech by the Web Summit showed nearly half, […]
From Paris to Singapore, cities put the brakes on e-scooters
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Singapore became the latest city to target electronic scooters on Tuesday, when a ban on riding the devices loved by commuters but loathed by pedestrians took effect. E-scooters have become a common sight on city streets from Berlin to Paris, but they have been blamed for accidents including the death […]
STRANGESIGHTS: AUSTRALIA WINS JOUSTING “ASHES”; MISSING BOULDER MYSTERIOUSLY RETURNED; AND, IRON BARGE MOVES CLOSER TO DOOM…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Do more with less: New Zealand firm’s four-day week
Reuters A New Zealand estate planning company, which made headlines when it trialled a four-day week last year, has seen a big productivity increase since it made the change permanent, with staff spending less time surfing the internet. Perpetual Guardian tried cutting working hours to 30 from 37.5 for its 240 staff in early 2018, […]
Religious Affairs Minister in Sudan signals freedom of religion in new era
Juba, South SudanMorning Star News In another sign that Islamist elements hostile to Christianity in Sudan could be reined in, the Minister of Religious Affairs has reiterated that Christian properties confiscated under the previous regime would be returned. Acknowledging that Christians were persecuted and endured “very bad practices” under the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir, […]
Indigenous leader pushes EU to block Brazil deal over native community deaths
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Europe must press Brazil to end killings of Indigenous people by refusing to sign off on a major trade deal, a community leader said on Monday after a young member of the country’s protected Guajajara tribe was shot dead by illegal loggers. Sonia Guajajara, the head of APIB which […]
US CATHOLICISM: HAS DENYING COMMUNION LOST ITS POLITICAL LUSTRE?
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US where former Vice-President Joe Biden was recently denied the Catholic sacrament of Communion for his views on abortion…
World Council of Churches denounces use of “excessive violence” against Iraq protestors
The World Council of Churches has denounced the use of “excessive violence” by security forces in Iraq against anti-government protestors following the deaths of hundreds over the past month. Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, addressed the escalating violence in the nation in comments published this week. “The World Council of […]