Mexican workers illegally fired in pandemic face long wait without help
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Workers in Mexico who are fired unlawfully during the coronavirus pandemic face waiting at least four years before their complaints are resolved, lawyers have warned, potentially leaving tens of thousands with no income or state benefits. Around the world, millions of people are surviving on lower income or savings as […]
Pacific nations stay vigilant against coronavirus in cyclone’s aftermath
Reuters A powerful cyclone that hit the Pacific Island nations this week bringing death, injuries and destruction cannot be allowed to disrupt containment efforts against the spread of the coronavirus, officials in the region said. Cyclone Harold, a Category 5 storm with winds in excess of 251 kph passed through the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji […]
Essay: After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter
In an article first published by Religion News Service, Rev LAURA EVERETT, United Church of Christ pastor in Boston and executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, writes that this Easter “we look death squarely in the eye, as Jesus did, and weep”…
Holy Week: As a pandemic peaks at Christianity’s Easter climax, US churches adapt online
ALEJANDRA MOLINA and EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are adapting to marking Easter online…
Coronavirus latest – UK PM Boris Johnson leaves intensive care; lockdowns extended as more than 1.5 million now infected
Reuters The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1.5 million globally and the death toll rose above 89,400, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT. EUROPE• Spain’s Prime Minister warned that nationwide confinement would likely last until May even though he said the worst should […]