Wildfire threat darkens California dream, residents say
Healdsburg, California, USThomson Reuters Foundation Kinsey Metts moved to California for its wilderness and great outdoors. Now she wants to leave for the same reasons. This autumn’s rash of destructive wildfires – predicted to grow worse in coming years as climate change strengthens – is threatening to shatter the California Dream that has long lured […]
Wildlife-loving Gabon minister seeks to stamp out illegal logging
Johannesbury, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Gabon’s new environment minister, Lee White, a British-born conservationist, has vowed to fight illegal logging by strengthening governance of forests after a national scandal in which about 350 containers of rare kevazingo wood went missing. Illegal logging, political apathy and climate change are key reasons why White made the move […]
US raps global health summit over abortion, sex education
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Ten countries – including the United States, Brazil and Egypt – criticised a global conference on sexual and reproductive health on Thursday, saying it promoted abortion and sex education. Heads of state, financial institutions and donors were among the 9,500 delegates in Nairobi this week to address maternal mortality, violence against […]
Bushfires rage across Australia’s east coast
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Dozens of wild fires burned across Australia’s east coast on Saturday and firefighters scrambled to shore up defences ahead of hotter weather expected next week. The early arrival of fierce bushfires in the southern spring has already claimed several lives and destroyed nearly 300 homes over the past week. Overview of fire in […]
Americans to religious organisations: Stay out of politics
RNS As Americans gear up for a long and bitterly contentious presidential election year, their message to religious leaders and institutions couldn’t be clearer: Keep out. That’s the finding in the latest Pew Research poll, which found that 63 per cent of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should stay out of politics, and […]
ESSAY: ‘THE REPORT’ IS A REAL STEP TOWARD TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION ON TORTURE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev SETH KAPER-DALE, co-pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, New Jersey, and president of the board of directors of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, welcomes the release of a new film addressing US involvement in torture…