SIGHT-SEEING: WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
NILS VON KALM looks at how, drawing from the example of Jesus, Christians should look to approach the issue of addiction…
Major states snub calls for climate action as UN summit wraps up
Madrid, SpainReuters A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a UN climate summit ground to a close, angering smaller countries and a growing protest movement that is pushing for emergency action. The COP25 talks in Madrid were viewed as a test of governments’ collective […]
New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing; death toll rises to 16
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, as the death toll from Monday’s eruption rose to 16, police said. Authorities said eight police search and rescue staff were deployed for 75 minutes to an area in which […]
Britain’s do-good businesses expect election certainty to create opportunities
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s new government could provide “the opportunity of a generation” for the nation’s ethical business sector by ending years of political and economic uncertainty that held it back, experts said following the election result. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party triumphed in a landslide election victory on Thursday with a […]
ESSAY: THREE BIG PRIORITIES FOR BORIS JOHNSON
With the election now behind him, MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at what UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s priorities should be…
Long wait seen for electric planes despite historic first flight
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The pioneers behind the world’s first fully electric, commercial flight say they have made history, but climate-change activists see electric air travel as a dream yet to come true. The Harbour Air seaplane – which seats six – took off close to Vancouver in Canada last Tuesday and flew for less […]
New Zealand divers search for volcano victims; death toll rises to 15
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand divers searched contaminated waters near the volcanic White Island for two remaining bodies on Saturday, as the death toll from an eruption rose to 15 people, the police said. Waters around the island were contaminated by the massive eruption of rocks, lava and chemicals on Monday, reducing visibility. Members of […]
Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into drinking water
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Villagers on a tiny island off the coast of East Timor who have long struggled with water shortages have secured regular fresh supplies, using just air and the power of the sun. The innovative scheme uses solar power to suck water out of the air and make it drinkable, with […]
PROTEST: “YOU’VE GOT TO CALL OUT EVIL”, SAYS PASTOR OF CHURCH WITH NATIVITY SCENE IN CAGES
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how churches – in the US and elsewhere – are using Nativity display to make points about everything from the separation of families at the US border to the impacts of climate change…