Church leaders in eastern Africa call for urgent action on devastating locust invasion
Church leaders in eastern Africa are calling for increased action against desert locusts which have terrorised the region since January this year. Like scenes from the Book of Exodus, huge swarms of the insects have descended on the region, destroying farmlands and animal pastures. The outbreak is affecting seven East African countries, where such a […]
New Ethiopia law to give life sentences to crooked labour brokers
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Labour brokers in Ethiopia who illegally send workers into the clutches of abusive employers and traffickers abroad could face life imprisonment under a new anti-trafficking law, according to a draft exclusively obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians are estimated to migrate illegally every year via […]
Bible college and former Newsweek and Christian Post publishers plead guilty in $US35 million fraud probe
RNS A California-based Christian college and the former publishers of The Christian Post and Newsweek have pled guilty in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $US35 million from lenders, according to the Manhattan District Attorney. On Thursday, Olivet University pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and falsifying business records. Olivet president Tracy Davis represented the […]
DATA PROCESSING: HOW CAT VIDEOS COULD CAUSE A “CLIMATE CHANGE NIGHTMARE”
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to make data processing centres more energy efficient and sustainable…
China prisons, Korean church spread coronavirus woes as fears weigh on global markets
Beijing, China/Seoul, South KoreaReuters The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons, authorities said on Friday, as cases jumped beyond the epicentre in Hubei province, including 100 more in South Korea and a worsening outbreak in Italy. US stocks fell, and the NASDAQ was hit with its biggest percentage decline in about three […]