Concerns over water shortages jump in Jordan amid coronavirus lockdown
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation Complaints and concerns over water shortages rose by 58 per cent in Jordan in the first day after a country-wide curfew was instated, water authorities said Sunday. Jordan, the world’s fifth most water-stressed nation due to climate change and overuse, is trying to cope with increased demand from the public during […]
FROM SCHOOLS IN SHANGHAI TO PICNICS IN CARACAS: HOW CORONAVIRUS IS MOVING GLOBAL LIFE ONLINE
Reuters reports on how coronavirus has changed the way people are living right across the globe…
In this US Episcopal church, the co-leader of the Lenten study is a rabbi
RNS Rabbi Raachel Jurovics is no stranger to St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Smithfield, North Carolina. In past years its rector, Rev Jim Melnyk, has invited her to explain to his congregation the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or repairing the world, and to share the Jewish understanding of Shabbat. On one visit she spoke […]
ESSAY: CAN SOMEONE BY A HINDU BE CULTURE AND A CHRISTIAN BY FAITH AT THE SAME TIME?
The Most Rev JOSEPH D’SOUZA, founder of Dignity Freedom Network, Archbishop of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church of India and president of the All India Christian Council, looks at the intersection of Christianity and culture…