LIFESTORY: US PASTOR REV SARAH TRONE GARRIOTT – RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS A TEST OF FAITH
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Sarah Trone Garriott, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, about her decision to run for the state Senate in Iowa…
Guatemala’s children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Rising numbers of children in Guatemala are going hungry as drought linked to climate change reduces food harvests, fueling child malnutrition rates in the Central American nation, the United Nations and charities said. Guatemala, which has one of the world’s high rates of child malnutrition, recorded more than 15,300 cases of […]
Global alarm mounts as China virus deaths hit 17
Beijing/Shanghai, ChinaReuters Deaths from China’s new flu-like virus rose to 17 on Wednesday with more than 540 cases confirmed, increasing fears of contagion from an infection suspected to originate from illegally traded wildlife. The previously unknown coronavirus strain is believed to have emerged from an animal market in central city of Wuhan, with cases now […]
Most new housing designs in England are ‘substandard’, audit finds
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Three quarters of new housing developments in England are so badly designed they should never have been built, according to an independent audit released on Tuesday. Britain has seen a building boom in recent years spurred by government policies designed to address a housing shortage that has pushed up prices and […]
Last decade most expensive for natural disasters – report
London, UKReuters The last decade was the worst on record for economic losses from natural disasters, amounting to $US3 trillion – over a trillion more than the previous decade, insurance broker Aon said on Wednesday. The Asia-Pacific region was the worst-hit in the 2010-2019 period, accounting for 44 per cent of the total, with earthquakes, […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD’ A “REFRESHING” CELEBRATION OF MISTER ROGERS – AND HIS FAITH
MARCUS CHEONG watches the Tom Hanks film about the life of iconic US children’s TV identity, Fred Rogers…
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World risks “disaster” as reuse of natural resources declines
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The proportion of raw materials the world is reusing has fallen, researchers said on Tuesday, warning of a “global disaster” as annual consumption of natural resources rose to 100 billion tonnes for the first time. Just 8.6 per cent of the 100 billion tonnes of materials – including minerals, metals, […]
Sending back climate refugees may violate right to life – UN body
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Governments need to take into account the climate crisis when considering the deportation of asylum seekers, the United Nations said in a landmark ruling that could pave the way for future climate refugees. The ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee was given in the case of Ioane Teitiota, from the Pacific […]
SOUTH AFRICA: SLAVE DESCENDANTS IN TINY TOWN BATTLE FOR CHURCH-OWNED LAND
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the Western Cape community of Elim…