Explainer – Why putting Trump on trial in the US Senate could get complicated
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump has refused to engage with the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry but is expected to adopt a very different strategy in the likely event of a trial in the Senate. The Republican President has said he wants a full trial in the Senate because he would receive fair […]
US university sued as it moves to cut ties with United Methodist Church
RNS Southern Methodist University is being sued over a recent move to sever control of the school from the United Methodist Church. The move is part of the latest fallout from the denomination’s long-running battles over sexuality. Some United Methodist delegates gather to pray before a key vote on church policies about homosexuality on 26th […]
Activist Thunberg warns governments in Madrid that “change is coming”
Madrid, SpainReuters Teen activist Greta Thunberg took her call for bold action to tackle climate change to a UN summit in Spain on Friday, warning world leaders that a growing youth-led protest movement meant they could no longer hide. Accorded rock-star status by young environmental activists, the 16-year-old had crossed the Atlantic by boat to […]
MOBILE PHONE WARNINGS SET TO AID CLIMATE-VULNERABLE SOMALI NOMADS
ROSA FURNEAUX, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new initiative to help Somalis when disaster strikes…
Reinhard Bonnke, record-breaking evangelist to Africa, dies at age 79
Reinhard Bonnke, founder of evangelistic ministry Christ for All Nations, has died at the age of 79. The evangelist – sometimes known as the “Billy Graham of Africa” – “passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family” on Saturday, according to a statement published by his wife Anni and other family members on Facebook. In the […]