Traditional markets blamed for virus outbreak are lifeline for Asia’s poor
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of poor farmers and workers will lose access to a cheap and easy way to buy and sell fresh food if Asian cities clamp down on traditional wet markets in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, analysts warned on Friday. Wet markets, which are a series of stalls that […]
SNAPSHOT: MOUNTAINS IN LESOTHO
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Coronavirus kills ‘hero’ Chinese doctor who sounded alarm as toll passes 630
Shanghai/Beijing, ChinaReuters A Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease on Friday, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 and Beijing declared a “people’s war” on the rapidly spreading pathogen. Li Wenliang, 34, died in the early hours of the morning at […]
“Drastic” fall in bumblebee populations shocks scientists
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50 per cent in a single generation, he thought it must be a typo. He checked the numbers – the result of a long-term analysis of bumblebee populations published in the journal […]
Female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate, UN says
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday. FGM remains as common today as 30 years ago in Somalia, Mali, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Chad and Senegal, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said, while countries […]
A NIGHT TO SHINE: TIM TEBOW AND THE VATICAN JOIN FORCES TO GIVE DISABLED AN EPIC PROM NIGHT
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Rome where a prom with a difference was held this week…
Global 70 day prayer campaign for the Korean Peninsula to kick off in March
A global 70 day campaign of prayer for peace on the Korean Peninsula will kick off in March, coinciding with this year marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The campaign, which was launched with events this week hosted by the World Council of Churches in Geneva as well as organisations […]
ESSAY: HOW ‘CHOSEN’ IS EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTING CHILDREN AS THEY LOOK TO A FUTURE FREE FROM POVERTY
Ahead of an Australian tour this year, GARETH GILKESON, drummer with Irish band Rend Collective, writes about a visit to Honduras with World Vision last year where he experienced a “choosing party” as children selected their sponsors under the organisation’s new model of child sponsorship known as ‘Chosen’…
Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on, after all planned venues back out
RNS Franklin Graham said he will seek out alternative venues for a United Kingdom tour this spring after all eight venues reneged on plans to host the evangelist, saying his views on homosexuality are incompatible with the values of the British people. Graham, who was in London on Thursday to rally churches to his tour, […]