Iran to probe black boxes after missile blamed for plane crash
Dubai, UAEReuters Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard, amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile, probably by mistake. The crash has heightened international pressure on Iran after months of friction with the United […]
SNAPSHOT: RAINY NIGHT IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
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London, New York mayors urge cities to divest from fossil fuels
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The mayors of New York City and London have urged other cities to divest their pension funds from fossil fuel producers, as they introduced a toolkit to help cities shift investments away from companies that drive climate change. New York City said in January, 2018, that over five years it would […]
“Suffering no more” – tough choices as Australia bushfires devastate wildlife
Cobargo, AustraliaReuters After observing a kangaroo limping in a creek bed with paws burnt by bushfires, wildlife volunteer Janine Green takes the decision that she never wants to make. The loud crack of a rifle rings out across the barren, fire-blackened farmland in south-east Australia. The kangaroo slumps to the ground. Wildlife volunteer Janine Green […]
New documents show government targeted NYC pastor for officiating immigrant weddings
RNS New documents unearthed in an ongoing US federal lawsuit indicate the US Government surveilled and investigated a New York pastor and immigrant rights activist over allegations that she committed marriage fraud by officiating immigrant weddings along the US-Mexico border. But the cleric says she did nothing wrong and is accusing the federal government of […]
Authorities urge 240,000 Australians to evacuate as deadly fires threaten to grow
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian authorities urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday as soaring temperatures and erratic winds were expected to fan deadly bushfires across the east coast. Twenty-seven people have been killed and thousands have been made homeless as the monster fires scorched through more than 10.3 million […]
VOICE FOR CHANGE: US PASTOR AND ACTIVIST JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE WANTS WHITE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS TO RECKON WITH THE BIBLE
YONAT SHIMRON, in an article first published on Religion News Service, profiles US pastor, activist and writer Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove…
“Don’t lose hope,” Pope Francis tells diplomats amid war, climate change concerns
Vatican CityRNS In a lengthy speech to ambassadors at the Vatican on Thursday, Pope Francis laid out his international agenda for the new year by addressing mounting concerns about the situation in Iran, the impact of climate change in Australia and the necessary steps to ensure peace. “Sadly, the new year does not seem to […]
ESSAY: COURTIERS AND KINGS, EVANGELICALS, PROPHETS AND TRUMP
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN FEA, author of ‘Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump’, looks at the role of the evangelicals who surround the US President…