THIS LIFE: DON’T BE ASHAMED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at why Christians should never be ashamed to share the Gospel…
Climate change lengthens Australian summers by 50 per cent – says study
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian summers are now effectively twice as long as its winters as climate change has increased temperatures since the middle of the last century, research released in the wake of the nation’s unprecedented fire season showed on Monday. The report by the Australia Institute, a Canberra-based think tank, compared data from the past […]
India’s tree planting, conservation push sparks land conflicts
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A drive to plant trees and conserve areas for wildlife is triggering conflicts over land in India, with poor villagers and Indigenous people most at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods, researchers have warned. India is aiming to increase its forest area and green cover to a third of […]
Gatherings banned, travel restricted as coronavirus cases grow worldwide
Washington DC, USReuters Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world. The United States on Saturday reported its first death from the disease, a man in his 50s in Washington state, where officials said […]
Reform not over, Pope tells disgraced Legionaries religious order
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis told members of a disgraced religious order on Saturday they must renounce the legacy of their founder and acknowledge he was a con-man who sold the “illusion” of holiness while living a double life as a paedophile. Francis told the newly elected leaders of the Legionaries of Christ in a prepared […]
ENVIRONMENT: GOVERNMENTS FACE PRESSURE TO PROTECT NATURE IN BIODIVERSITY “SUPER YEAR”
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on plans for a new global framework to safeguard the Earth’s eco-systems and biodiversity…