Olympics 2020 set to break new record on gender equality
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is on track for a new record – having an almost equal number of female and male athletes for the first time, the International Committee announced on Tuesday. The percentage of female athletes competing at the Olympics in Japan in July is expected to rise […]
POLITICS AND THE MEDIA
Politics in Australia has gone down a number of unexpected roads. PICTURE: Daniel McCullough/Unsplash The relentless 24-hour media cycle has promoted sensationalism over substance – three-word-slogans over policy, and trolling over discussion. You hear the politicians trying to deliver their 20 second soundbites during press conferences, such that their speeches become a collection of unrelated, […]
ANNIVERSARY: ONE YEAR AFTER MOSQUE MASSACRE, NEW ZEALAND IS FIGHTING RISING HATE CRIME
PRAVEEN MENON, of Reuters, reports from New Zealand ahead of the 15th March anniversary…
Amid coronavirus concerns, sales up for prepackaged Communion cups and wafers in the US
RNS Every week at University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, congregants come forward for Communion. But in light of concerns about the new coronavirus, the church has ordered boxes filled with hundreds of prepackaged Communion cups and wafers. A family takes communion together at home using Celebration Communion Cups. PICTURE: Courtesy of […]
ESSAY: WHEN CHURCH HYMNS DON’T GRIEVE WITH US
In an article adapted from his new book ‘Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life’, DAVID TAYLOR says while many songs sung in churches don’t speak to those with broken hearts, the Biblical book of Psalms is a “gift” for those going through tough times…