OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: A NOTE ON STYLE
BRUCE C WEARNE pauses at the first part of Ephesians, chapter three, and makes a comment on style…
Daughter’s murder led activist to hunt for Mexico’s disappeared
Thomson Reuters Foundation When a worried parent calls for help finding a missing child, Norma Ledezma says she often immediately has a sense of whether they are likely to be found alive. Seventeen years after her daughter Paloma disappeared in northern Mexico, Ledezma has helped hundreds of families cope with the psychological and legal aftermath […]
Samoa fights measles door-to-door in battle on anti-vaccination messages
Sydney, Australia Reuters Samoa on Thursday closed all non-essential public and private services for two days to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and children, in a battle complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination movement. The measles virus has infected more than 4,200 in the South Pacific nation of […]
Privacy concerns pushing people to change online behaviour, poll shows
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Privacy concerns are pushing people to change their behaviour online, according to an international poll published on Wednesday that found one in three avoid specific search terms or web pages to elude tracking. More than seven in 10 respondents to a survey of almost 10,000 people in nine countries said they […]
SIGNIFICANT SIGHTS: AN “UNEXPECTED PILGRIMAGE” TO THE OLDEST SURVIVING LATIN BIBLE
ROBERTA AHMANSON, in an article first published on Religion Unplugged, writes about a recent trip, first to England and then to Florence, to see a wonder of the ancient (Christian) world…
Folau settlement was a “commercial” decision – Rugby Australia boss
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has defended the governing body’s settlement with Israel Folau as a “commercial decision” and necessary to avoid the cost and distraction of testing its inclusion policy in court. RA and Folau announced on Wednesday they had settled their unfair dismissal case, ending a long and bitter dispute after […]
Extreme heat hitting rich and poor harder, global climate index shows
Madrid, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Worsening heatwaves are taking a heavier toll on rich as well as poor countries, according to an annual ranking that measures the damage done by extreme weather to human life and economies. The Global Climate Risk Index, published on Wednesday by environmental thinktank Germanwatch, rated Japan as the most-affected country in 2018, […]
ESSAY: THE POWER OF THE CURIOUS QUESTION
Following the release of a new children’s book asking – and answering – some key questions about the Christmas story, Rev Melissa Lipsett, chief operating officer of the Bible Society Australia Group, looks at the importance of reading the Bible with your children…
Pope Francis welcomes refugees to a new life in Italy
Vatican CityRNS At an event welcoming 33 refugees sponsored by the Vatican, the cardinal in charge of administrating Pope Francis’ charitable work called European bishops to “wake up” and take a stand in welcoming displaced persons fleeing persecution in the world. “There is great compassion from the Holy Father toward these people, and we are […]
BANGLADESH: JOB LOSSES AS MANGO-MAD FARMERS SHUN THIRSTY RICE
RAFIQUL ISLAM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the landless Oraon are losing jobs as landowners replace ricefields with mangoes…