SIGHT-SEEING: THE FOUR LOVES (OF NEW YORK LIFE)
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev TIM SCHENCK – an Episocopal rector and author of ‘Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection Between Coffee and Faith’, reflects on the meaning of agape love in light of a Super Bowl commercial this week…
UN sees “major progress” on forced labour in Uzbek cotton harvest
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Uzbekistan made “major progress” on stamping out forced labour in its cotton harvest last year, when 94 per cent of pickers worked voluntarily, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The Central Asian country, one of the world’s biggest cotton exporters, has for years been under international pressure to end the use […]
Analysis – Breaking down Trump’s religion-heavy State of the Union
RNS US President Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union address peppered with religious references and ideas on Tuesday evening, laying out a sweeping vision for the United States that evoked old (and contested) religious ideas and catered directly to conservative Christians who make up his base of support. The president made several appeals […]
Updated: Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election battle looms
Updated: 11.15amWashington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term. The businessman-turned-politician, 73, survived only the third presidential impeachment […]
Trump poised for acquittal in Senate; Romney will vote to convict
Washington DC, USReuters A prominent Republican senator, Mitt Romney, on Wednesday became the only member of his party to announce plans to vote to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial just hours before the US Senate was poised to acquit the Republican President. The Republican-controlled Senate was scheduled to hold its historic vote at […]
Reform of customary laws urged to protect India’s Indigenous land
Shillong, India,Thomson Reuters Foundation Customary laws in the north-eastern states of India are failing to protect Indigenous lands and must be reformed to safeguard the property of women and poorer tribal people, land rights analysts said on Tuesday. Customs related to Indigenous tradition, including those on land use, are protected by the Indian constitution in […]
STRANGESIGHTS: “GOLDEN TAGGED” FISH; A DELUGE OF MAIL; AND, ‘HUT HUNTER’ WANTED…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Updated: Trump-Pelosi feud erupts during speech to Congress as impeachment trial nears end
Last updated 4.25pmWashington DC, USReuters A bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back. Trump avoided the subject of his impeachment drama […]
US activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilise poor voters
Washington DC, USRNS Rev William Barber II brought his message about supporting the needy to the US Capitol, urging an “emergency convening” hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus to mobilise poor voters in the upcoming election. “There’s no way we can inspire people to move with the normal politics that doesn’t fully address poverty,” said […]
TREE-CHANGERS: IN THE US, HOMESTEADERS, CATASTROPHISTS ARE RUNNING FOR THE HILLS TO FLEE UNCERTAINTY
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on why some Americans are swapping urban living for rural lifestyles…