OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: A “CULMINATING ANTHEM”, PART I
BRUCE C WEARNE, in the first part of a two part article, looks at a sometimes controversial passage in Ephesians about husbands and wives…
Russia’s human and religious rights record criticised at US House hearing
Washington DC, USRNS Russia’s human rights record, including its history of mistreating religious minorities, is worsening, according to testimony at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “Unfortunately, the human rights situation in Russia continues to deteriorate, and just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do,” said Representative Jim McGovern, a Democrat from […]
WHO warns against “fatal” complacency in global coronavirus fight
Geneva, Switzerland/Dubai, UAEReuters No country should make the “fatal mistake” of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as governments from Iran to Australia raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China, WHO Director General […]
Chuuk independence vote postponed as China-US Pacific contest builds
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A closely watched independence vote in the Pacific state of Chuuk, part of the US-aligned Federated States of Micronesia, scheduled for next month has been postponed until 2022, the island told Reuters. Chuuk’s proximity to Guam, an American territory with air force and naval bases, and strategic location in the Pacific had raised […]
Six years after girls kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, attacks persist in area
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Nearly six years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a high school in northeastern Nigeria, the Chibok area in Borno state is under threat of “annihilation” from the rebel group and the Islamic State in West Africa Province, area leaders said. While 112 of the kidnapped girls remain in captivity, Boko […]
GREENSIGHT: THE ‘ADASH’ OR LENTIL
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at where ‘adash’ or lentils are mentioned in the Bible…
Meet the pastor who prays over US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren before every debate
North Charleston, South Carolina, USRNS Shortly before she took the stage Tuesday night to engage with Democratic opponents during a debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Senator Elizabeth Warren paused to engage in the same ritual she initiates before each political sparring session: She prayed with Rev Miniard Culpepper, her pastor. “I will let you in […]
George Clooney “saddened” over Nespresso link to child labour in Guatemala
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has said that he is “surprised and saddened” after an investigation revealed child labour at Guatemalan coffee farms linked to the Nespresso coffee he advertises. The investigation carried out by Britain’s Channel 4 News shows children working on six farms in Guatemala, one of the largest coffee […]
Activists warn over slavery as Mauritania joins UN human rights council
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Mauritania is backsliding in efforts to eliminate descent-based slavery, an activist and opposition member has warned, as the West African country joined the UN Human Rights Council for the first time this week. Biram Dah Abeid called on other UN members to pressure Mauritania, the last country in the world to […]
INDIA: GRANDMOTHERS HARVEST NEW SOCIAL STATUS FROM CLIMATE-SMART FARMING
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how women in India are among those stepping up to countering the impacts of climate change…