Police shoot London killer dead, call stabbings a terrorist attack
London, UKReuters British police on Friday shot dead a man wearing a fake suicide vest who stabbed two people to death in London and wounded three more before being wrestled to the ground by bystanders, in what the authorities called a terrorist attack. The attacker went on the rampage just before 2pm, targeting people at […]
SNAPSHOT: COOLING OFF IN TUNISIA
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“Perfect storm” awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn’t curb emissions
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The world needs to urgently cut its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a “perfect storm” that will lead to simultaneous falls in food production from both farming and marine fisheries, researchers said. If emissions continue to rise rapidly, nearly “90 per cent of the world’s population…are projected to be exposed […]
Fire, drought, heatwaves – Australia prepares for tough summer
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s fire and drought-ravaged east will suffer continued hot and dry conditions this summer, increasing the chances of severe weather events, the country’s weather bureau said on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology warned the country could expect more heatwaves and little rain in the east during the summer, which runs from December through […]
Trump approves legislation backing Hong Kong protesters
Washington, DCReuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law congressional legislation backing protesters in Hong Kong despite angry objections from Beijing, with which he is seeking a deal to end a damaging trade war. The legislation, approved unanimously by the US Senate and by all but one lawmaker in the House of Representatives […]
Almost 7,000 killed by mines and explosive remnants of war in 2018 – report
Almost 7,000 people were killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war in 2018, according to the annual Landmine Monitor. The report shows that 2018 was the fourth consecutive year to have “exceptionally high” numbers of recorded casualties due in large part to armed conflict and large-scale violence, particularly in Afghanistan, Mali, Myanmar, […]
US EVANGELICALS: RETIRING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HEAD LEITH ANDERSON – EVANGELICALS ARE NOT JUST WHITE OR POLITICAL
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks at the contribution and legacy of Leith Anderson, retiring leader of the National Association of Evangelicals in the US…
Survivors of California’s unending fires cook up Thanksgiving for latest victims
RNS It was almost four months ago when the Carr Fire near Redding, California, ripped through Amanda Woodley’s town. The blaze killed her 70-year-old grandmother and her four and five-year-old cousins. So earlier this month, when the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, California, leaving thousands homeless and more than 70 dead, all she could do was […]
ESSAY: FIVE YEARS AFTER ISLAMIC STATE MASSACRE, AN IRAQI MINORITY IS TRANSFORMED BY TRAUMA
In an article first published on The Conversation, TUTKU AYHAN and GUNES MURAT TEZCUR, of the University of Central Florida, look at what their research shows about how life has changed for the Yazidi of Iraq in the wake of Islamic State attacks…