Internet shutdowns “not justified” in coronavirus outbreak
Bangkok, Thailand/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Internet shutdowns cannot be justified at a time when access to information is critical to containing the deadly coronavirus pandemic, human rights groups have warned. The outbreak has infected more than 245,000 people worldwide and the death toll now exceeds 10,000, according to a Reuters tally. “Internet access is […]
WHO message to youth on coronavirus: “You are not invincible”
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people as well and they must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. With more than 210,000 cases reported worldwide and a death toll of 9,000, each day brings a “new and tragic milestone”, WHO […]
SNAPSHOT: BISON IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, US
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Soundbite – The TCM Update: Christian artists cancel tours
Lauren Daigle is among Christian artists around the world who have cancelled tours. Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
Eviction bans to cash: Seven city initiatives to fight coronavirus housing crisis
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As cities go into lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, officials from the United States to France are scrambling to protect homeowners and renters from homelessness. Staying home is the “front line defence” against the virus, the United Nations special rapporteur on housing Leilani Farha said, calling for urgent measures […]
“Blitz spirit”: Britain’s ethical businesses fight hunger during coronavirus outbreak
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As an organisation with a mission to bring vulnerable communities together to eat, British charity Be Enriched has had to draw up a new plan as the coronavirus outbreak forces them apart. Be Enriched runs cooking groups for children and elderly, homeless or mentally ill people as well as a cafe […]
Tributes flow for trailblazing Australian doctor who saved women in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation An Australian doctor credited for saving the lives of thousands of women suffering from childbirth injuries in Ethiopia has died at the age of 96, with her foundation vowing to carry on her work to eradicate obstetric fistula. Obstetrician and gynecologist Catherine Hamlin treated more than 60,000 Ethiopian women over […]
UK church leaders call for National Day of Prayer on Sunday
UK church leaders have called for Sunday – celebrated as Mothering Sunday in the UK – to be marked as a ‘National Day of Prayer and Action’ over the coronavirus crisis. Churches Together in England, a key ecumenical body which has a membership of 50 different church denominations included Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox and other Protestant […]
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: AUSTRALIAN CHURCHES GO VIRTUAL AS DOORS CLOSE
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on how Australian churches are grappling with how to respond to the COVID-19 crisis…
In the US and beyond, houses of worship pitch in to help those left vulnerable by virus outbreak
RNS The United Methodist Church has long promoted abstinence from alcohol. But that didn’t stop City Road Chapel in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee, from announcing a Bar and Restaurant Workers Help Fund this week to assist locals whose food-service jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. “The reality is we’re a community-based church, and we’ve […]