THIS LIFE: GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR SPILLED MILK
With the Thanksgiving celebration to be held this week, US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at why it’s important to always be giving thanks…
Greener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation City dwellers tend to live longer if they are in leafy neighbourhoods, according to a study published on Wednesday that linked green areas to lower rates of premature death. Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air and absorbing planet-warming gases, now researchers at the Barcelona Institute […]
Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates ride record turnout to early lead
Hong KongReuters Pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong took a significant early lead in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers on Sunday to vote following six months of anti-government protests. The elections are seen as a test of support for the city’s pro-Beijing chief executive, Carrie Lam, who has faced intense pressure […]
Pope Francis brings anti-nuclear message to Japan’s bombed cities
Nagasaki, JapanReuters Pope Francis, a passionate anti-nuclear campaigner, brings his message that nuclear weapons should be abolished to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the two Japanese cities devastated by atomic bombings in World War II and the only places in the world to so suffer. Francis, who arrived in Japan on Saturday night for a four-day visit, […]
Amid singing and dancing, PNG’s Bougainville starts independence vote
Buka, Papua New GuineaReuters Amid singing, dancing and the beat of drums, John Momis, the president of Papua New Guinea’s region of Bougainville, was one of the first to cast his ballot early on Saturday in a referendum on whether to become the world’s newest nation. Voters in the island cluster at the heart of […]
A RELUCTANT VOICE: PAIGE PATTERSON’S CAREER ENDED AFTER SHE CAME FORWARD. MEGAN LIVELY’S STRUGGLE CONTINUES
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from the US on the story of Megan Lively and how her decision to reveal the response to her sexual assault helped move the Southern Baptist Convention toward a reckoning with sex abuse….