POSTCARDS: BEACH HAVEN TURNS GHOST TOWN AS AUSTRALIAN FIRES HIT TOURISM
MARTIN PETTY, of Reuters, reports from the New South Wales coast in Australia…
Amid US-Iran escalation, Pope Francis and Catholic leaders call for restraint, dialogue
Vatican CityRNS Concern about the growing tensions between the United States and Iran has been bubbling within the Vatican, as Pope Francis and high-ranking prelates urge global leaders to employ self-restraint and dialogue. “Dear brothers and sisters, in many parts of the world there is a terrible feeling of tension in the air,” Pope Francis […]
Australia’s leaders unmoved on climate action after devastating bushfires
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s government is sticking firmly to a position that there is no direct link between climate change and the country’s devastating bushfires, despite public anger, the anguish of victims and warnings from scientists. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, say Australia does not need to cut carbon emissions […]
Pakistan to provide free healthcare for trans people
Karachi, PakistanThomson Reuters Foundation Pakistan has extended a government health insurance scheme to transgender people for the first time, in a move aimed at ending discrimination in access to care, an official said. All transgender people are now eligible for medical treatment including reconstructive surgery under the scheme, which was set up to enable poor […]
Slain medieval archbishop to be subject of British Museum exhibition later this year
The British Museum will host a major exhibition looking at the life – and infamous death – of medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, later this year. A 14th century depiction of Thomas Becket (centre) with King Henry II (left), the man many see as responsible for his death. The exhibition, which will run from […]
Australia bolsters defences as cost of huge bushfires rises
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian firefighters used cool weather on Tuesday to try to strengthen containment lines around almost 200 wildfires burning in the country’s south-east, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepared to meet with insurance and bank executives to discuss the crisis. Fires have razed more than eight million hectares of land across Australia, an area […]
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
A very good friend of mine shared with me her spiritual journey. I found it profound. PICTURE: Matt Howard/Unsplash For her first decade or so, her experience of God was around rules. Good, bad, black and white. God was like a cosmic cop! Her next decade was about emotion. Experiencing God’s presence, the […]
A TOWN TORN APART: MEXICO’S INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FIGHT FOR AUTONOMY
OSCAR LOPEZ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Mexico…
Funeral of Lois Evans, wife of Tony Evans, set for their Dallas church
RNS Lois Evans, the wife of megachurch pastor and radio broadcaster Tony Evans, is being remembered at a funeral on Monday at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. Lois Evans, 70, died on 30th December after being diagnosed with biliary cancer. Lois Evans died on 30th December, 2019. PICTURE: Via LoisEvans.org She had been an […]
ESSAY: DISASTER RECOVERY FROM AUSTRALIA’S FIRES WILL BE A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT
Journalist, author and broadcaster AMANDA GEARING, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at what research shows about long-term recovery after events like the bushfires which have burned through millions of hectares in Australia…