OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: BUILT INTO A NEW HOUSE
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what Paul writes in Ephesians about the creation of a new house with Christ as the cornerstone…
For most Americans, new research says, family comes first
RNS As many Americans gather with their loves ones for Thanksgiving, a timely new survey from Pew Research confirms what miles of traffic jams and airport lines suggest: Family is the number one source to which Americans look for meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction in their lives. The survey, conducted in two waves in 2017, found clear and […]
Forty years on, New Zealand apologises for Antarctic plane disaster
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologised on Thursday for the then-government’s handling of a plane crash in Antarctica 40 years ago that took the lives of 257 people in the country’s worst peacetime disaster. On 28th November, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 was on a sightseeing tour from Auckland when […]
Miss World contestants call for “world peace” – but this time it’s in support of World Vision Australia’s ‘Peace on Earth Pledge’
Three Australian Miss World contestants – Esma Voloder, Taylah Cannon and Jenayah Elliott – have joined in calling for world peace, but not as part of the competition. Instead, they were in Canberra for World Vision Australia on Thursday to voice their support for the organisation’s Peace on Earth Pledge in which signatories agree to […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘FROZEN II’ MAKES FOR A WORTHY SUCCESSOR
MARCUS CHEONG watches smash-hit ‘Frozen”s next instalment…
Poor women take the strain as climate change pushes men to leave home
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation As climate change drives men in Asia and Africa to abandon their farms and search for jobs further afield, women back home are getting little help to cope with harsher working conditions, putting their wellbeing at risk, researchers said this week. A report from Britain’s University of East Anglia said the […]
Ten years on, India’s biometric ID excludes homeless, transgender people
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Ten years after it was introduced, India’s national digital identity system is becoming ubiquitous in the country, even as large numbers of homeless and transgender people are excluded and many denied essential services, a study showed. More than 1.2 billion Aadhaar IDs have been issued, according to government data. It is […]
Australia to return historic Indian artefacts amid investigation
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia will return three culturally significant artefacts to India when Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the country early next year, the Australian Government said on Wednesday. The artefacts were bought in good faith by the National Gallery of Australia from a New York-based art dealer who is currently under investigation, the Prime Minister’s […]
SETTING THE CAPTIVES FREE: INSIDE THE WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
DAVID ADAMS speaks with investigator ‘V’, about his work conducting human trafficking and slavery-related investigations for the International Justice Mission…
Demands grow for “global justice” on climate damage at UN talks
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Droughts, floods and storms are nothing new to poor communities in Mozambique – but in recent years, the weather has become so extreme that neither the people nor the state can cope, said an international charity head in the south-east African nation. After two powerful cyclones battered swathes of the country […]