WOW!: ‘YES IN GOD’S BACKYARD’ TO USE CHURCH LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how, in response to California’s housing crisis, churches are looking to their own land for solutions…
New Zealanders to vote in referendum on legalising euthanasia
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that would legalise euthanasia, paving the way for the public to vote on the issue in a referendum next year. The bill, which enables terminally ill people to request a medically assisted death, was passed 69 to 51 in parliament, after several amendments and […]
Protesters blockade universities, stockpile makeshift weapons as chaos grips Hong Kong
Hong KongReuters Anti-government protesters dug in at several university campuses across Hong Kong on Wednesday, setting the stage for further confrontations as police said violence in the Chinese-ruled city had reached a “very dangerous and even deadly level”. Protesters – many of them young students – spent much of Wednesday fortifying barricades and stockpiling food […]
Global economy “breakdown” seen putting more workers at risk of slavery
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The world’s economic model has “broken down” as the business practices of multinational corporations and digital platforms put a growing number of workers at risk of exploitation and modern slavery, according to a leading labour rights campaigner. Too many companies are failing to take responsibility for workers in their supply chains, […]
STRANGESIGHTS: A POPPY THIEVING PIGEON; A MARATHON EFFORT; AND, A SWEET ENDING FOR THE BERLIN WALL…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
New York City beats Tokyo to become world’s most innovative city
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation New York took first place in a list of the world’s most innovative cities on Tuesday, with the United States performing strongly for its embrace of smart technology and start-ups. Japan’s Tokyo – last year’s winner – and the British capital London took second and third places in the Innovation Cities […]
Vatican conference urges governments to tackle food loss and waste
Vatican CityReuters An international panel of experts backed by Pope Francis appealed to governments on Tuesday to commit to halving food waste and loss by 2030, saying it was morally, economically and environmentally unacceptable. The appeal came at the end of a two-day conference at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences attended by more than 50 […]
Jews the target of overwhelming number of religious-based hate crimes in US, says FBI
RNS Newly released FBI data shows that Jews and Jewish institutions were the overwhelming target of religion-based hate crimes in the United States last year. The 2018 Hate Crime Statistics reported 7,120 total hate crimes last year, compared to 7,175 in 2017, a decline of less than one per cent. Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted […]
Australian bushfires destroy more than 50 homes but cool change brings relief
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A cool change on Wednesday brought relief for firefighters battling massive bushfires in eastern Australia which destroyed 50 homes and saw flames come within metres of homes on the outskirts of Sydney. Cooler conditions were expected to ease the danger in the state of New South Wales, where 83 fires were still burning, […]
NATURAL LAW
I’m intrigued by atheists who have a go at religion and declare: “If people just treated other people as they wanted to be treated, that’s all we need”. They declare this as if it was a given, natural law, we don’t need God for. Humanity found new freedom from ‘natural law’ thanks to Jesus Christ, […]