SIGHT-SEEING: THE LINE RUNNING THROUGH EVERY HEART
NILS VON KALM reflects on recent events and Jesus’ call to take the log out of our own eye before trying to take the speck out of someone else’s…
US Gospel singer Kirk Franklin says “kumbaya moments” are not enough for better race relations
RNS Gospel singer Kirk Franklin, in a discussion to be broadcast this week on Trinity Broadcasting Network, called on white Christian leaders to move beyond “kumbaya moments” and to speak from the pulpit when black people are the subjects of “social injustice happening in the streets”. Franklin made his remarks on TBN’s Praise show in a conversation […]
Names of victims read aloud at murder trial over doomed flight MH17
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Relatives sat listening with bowed heads and eyes closed as the names of all 298 victims of a missile strike on a Malaysian airliner were read out in a Dutch court on Monday as the murder trial of four fugitive defendants began. Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was hit by a surface-to-air missile […]
Global finance must “align” in climate change fight, says UK minister
United NationsThomson Reuters Foundation The world of finance must line up behind the fight against global warming, a top British climate change official said, calling for a concerted effort to turn “billions into trillions” of dollars driving the transition to a green economy. From state aid agencies and international development banks to insurers and pension […]
Trial of men accused in downing of MH17 to begin in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters The first hearing in the trial of four fugitive suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was set to start in Amsterdam on Monday, more than five years after the plane was downed in Ukraine. Prosecutors say the suspects, three Russians and a Ukrainian, helped arrange the Russian missile system […]
Actress Mira Sorvino calls for action on pimps, buying sex to end trafficking
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Hollywood actress Mira Sorvino called on Thursday for more action to be taken against pimps and men buying sex in a bid to end sex trafficking, voicing fears that online pornography and grooming of vulnerable targets were fuelling the problem. The 52-year-old Oscar-winning actress became actively involved in campaigning […]
FLYING HIGH: BRAZILIAN TRIBE KEEPS WATCH OVER FOREST WITH DRONES
FABIO TEXEIRA. of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a Brazilian tribe is using new technologies to guard against deforestation…
Where Latin America women are fighting the world’s highest murder rates
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Women took to the streets over the past year across Latin America – from Mexico and Chile to Argentina and Brazil – demanding governments take action in a region where machismo reigns and gender-based violence is widespread. In Latin America and the Caribbean at least one out of every three […]
ESSAY: THE STORIES WE TELL ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FAITH MATTER
In an article first published on Religion News Service, MICHAEL WEAR and AMY E BLACK – authors of a new report on Christianity and pluralism, on why the stories Americans tell about faith and diversity are important…