WOW!: BRITISH DO-GOOD FUND AIMS TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN
SARAH SHEARMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new fund has been set-up to help find safe and secure accommodation for vulnerable women…
Greenhouse gases accelerate to new peak in 2018, UN says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2018, exceeding the average yearly increase of the last decade and reinforcing increasingly damaging weather patterns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday. The UN agency’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin is one of a series of studies to be published ahead of a UN […]
Commonwealth urges world to count cost of domestic abuse
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Domestic violence is a pandemic that costs billions of dollars a year, be it in lost work, damaged children or police time, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said on Monday. Scotland – the first woman to run the group – urged her 53 members to count the price of doing nothing as […]
ESSAY: OLD RELIGIOUS TENSIONS RESURGE IN BOLIVIA AFTER OUSTER OF LONGTIME INDIGENOUS LEADER
In an article first published on The Conversation, MATTHEW PETER CASEY, of Arizona State University, looks at the role of religion in Bolivia’s recent change of regime…
Australia’s Anglican Primate stepping down early
Australia’s Anglican Primate – Melbourne Archbishop Philip Freier – will step down early on 31st March next year and not seek re-election. The Archbishop, who has served a six year term as head of the Anglican Church in Australia, will continue in his role as Archbishop of Melbourne, a position he has held since 2006. […]
CONCERT: U2 DELIVER A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE
NILS VON KALM was among the crowd at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium to watch U2 earlier this month…
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Rend Collective heading to Australia
The Rend Collective Listen to the TCM Update…
Hong Kong democrats romp to local election landslide after months of protests
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers on Sunday to vote following six months of anti-government protests in the embattled city. In a rare weekend lull in the unrest that has rocked the financial hub, democratic candidates across the […]
A “marked increase” in seriousness of anti-Semitic incidence in Australia this year – report
There was a “marked increase” in the seriousness of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Australia this year, according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. The latest annual ECAJ report into incidents of anti-Semitism found that there were 225 attacks and 143 threats – a total of 368 incidents – logged during the year to the […]
PAPAL VISIT: IN JAPAN, POPE CONDEMNS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS IMMORAL; EARLIER, ADDRESSES SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ reports from the papal tour of Japan…