THIS LIFE: LISTENING FOR GOD’S VOICE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at what we can learn from the Biblical story of Samuel about listening to God…
India drops plan to let forest officials use force after protests
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation India has dropped plans to give forest officials the right to use force against Indigenous people and open up more land for commercial plantations after nationwide protests. Proposed amendments to a century-old Indian Forest Act aimed to give officials the power to arrest and shoot at encroachers and earmark more land […]
Hong Kong campus protesters fire arrows as anti-government unrest spreads
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong protesters shot arrows and hurled petrol bombs from a barricaded university on Sunday at police who fired tear gas and water cannon in some of the worst violence in the Chinese-ruled city since anti-government unrest erupted five months ago. Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic […]
ON THE SCREEN: FAST CARS, THRILLING RACE SEQUENCES AND FLARING TEMPERS IN AN INSIGHTFUL CULTURAL CRITIQUE
MARCUS CHEONG reviews ‘Ford v Ferrari’…
E-transport boom could see first major European city go car free in 2020
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Next year will see the first major European city to ban private cars, a leading tech investor has predicted, saying a boom in electric-powered bikes and scooters was driving a green “revolution”. Norwegian capital Oslo and bike-friendly Amsterdam in the Netherlands are both candidates to become the first to go car-free […]
Baking cities advance ‘slowly’ in race against rising heat threat
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With urban populations surging around the world, cities will struggle to keep residents safe from fast-growing heat risks turbo-charged by climate change, scientists and public health experts warned this week. Heat is already the leading cause of deaths from extreme weather in countries including the United States. The problem is particularly […]
Pope Francis condemns ecological sins and Nazi-inspired rhetoric
Vatican CityRNS A day after the US Catholic bishops declared the fight against abortion their most urgent priority at their fall meeting in Baltimore, prioritizing it over protection of the environment, Pope Francis set the record straight in a scathing speech at the Vatican on Friday in which he condemned “ecological sins”. Speaking to a […]