POSTCARDS: INDIA’S WOMEN SEAWEED DIVERS SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the challenges climate change is posing to the seaweed divers of southern India…
Samaritan’s Purse sets up emergency field hospital in New York’s Central Park
RNS A series of white tents went up in New York’s Central Park last weekend as workers assembled a 68 bed emergency field hospital for people infected with the coronavirus. The field hospital, which is expected to open Tuesday (31st March), will allow Mount Sinai Hospital on 98th Street and Fifth Avenue – just across […]
Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
Reuters Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic. • More than 738,500 people have been infected across the world and about 35,000 have died, according to a Reuters tally. A man jogs at an […]
Fear on front lines as hospital staff face threats, stigma over coronavirus
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Janitor Ritchie Estabillo was on his way to work when he was confronted by five men who poured bleach over his face, one of a growing number of hospital staff suffering abuse in the Philippines amid panic over coronavirus infections. His employer said Estabillo had been checked over and was unharmed but […]
Pitch in with housework, Mexico tells men at home due to pandemic
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Mexico’s government is calling on the nation’s men to pick up a mop, do some laundry and take on more household responsibilities while they are staying home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Four female officials spoke out at Mexico’s daily COVID-19 briefing on Thursday to remind people that women do […]
Nespresso finds child labour at three Guatemalan coffee farms
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Nespresso, the maker of coffee brewing pods and machines, found child labour at three farms where it buys coffee in Guatemala, the company said on Thursday, also announcing it implemented a prevention plan to ward off potential further abuse. The Nestle-owned coffee giant uncovered child labour at three of […]
To combat coronavirus, governments step up digital surveillance
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic has pushed governments globally to impose draconian lockdowns, travel bans and tighter border controls in a bid to stem the spread of the contagious virus. From China to Russia, containment measures have often come with heightened surveillance, as authorities use artificial intelligence and big data to keep tabs […]
BRAZIL: PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO, THE CHURCH AND A NEW POLITICAL PARTY
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA writes about the support churches are providing to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as he looks to form a new political party in the nation…
Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, friend of King, dies at 98
RNS Rev Joseph Lowery, a civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, and prayed at President Obama’s first inauguration, died on Friday. Lowery was 98. “Tonight, the great Reverend Joseph E. Lowery transitioned from earth to eternity,” the King Center in Atlanta tweeted. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his […]
ESSAY: COVID-19 COULD END CHURCH AS WE KNOW IT. AND I FEEL FINE
In an article first published on Religion News Service, C CHRISTOPHER SMITH, author of ‘How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church’, says the coronavirus crisis has provided the church with the opportunity to reflect on some key questions of identity and mission…