How does the WHO help the world’s most vulnerable people?
Thomson Reuters Foundation US President Donald Trump came under fire on Wednesdayfor instructing his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization after criticising its handling of the COVID-19 disease pandemic. The decision was panned globally including by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who said it was not the time to cut resources to the WHO “or […]
WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases top two million
Geneva, Switzerland/Washington DC, USReuters The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday he regrets US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding for the agency, but that now is the time for the world to unite in its fight against the new coronavirus. Trump’s move prompted condemnation from world leaders as global coronavirus […]
Mexican American religious life will be preserved in UCLA archive collection
Los Angeles, USRNS The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center archives Mexican American life before, during and after the Chicano Movement. These collections give insight to Mexican American leaders in the 1940s and ’50s and those who participated in the civil rights movement that advocated for voting and political rights in the ’60s. It also tracks […]
StrangeSights: A cardboard crowd; how toilet paper saved a bakery; and, the perils of telecommuting…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Books: Behind the headlines – Christian pastor Andrew Brunson’s memoir of his two years in a Turkish prison
DAVID ADAMS reads US pastor Andrew Brunson’s memoir about the 735 days he was detained in Turkey…
Five trees or a latte? Coastal communities seek crowdfunding for mangroves
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Would you forgo a cup of coffee to plant mangroves aimed at helping coastal communities fend off climate change? A Singapore-based online platform is counting on crowdsourcing donations for projects to add a billion mangrove trees by 2025. The Global Mangrove Trust plans to launch an app and website in the next […]
In the US, student files class-action lawsuit against Liberty University over pandemic response
RNS A student at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian school, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the school alleging that students were put at “severe physical risk” when the campus reopened in March despite the pandemic and accusing administrators of profiting from the health crisis by refusing to fully refund students. The lawsuit, which was filed […]
Bangladesh unions urge government to act as garment workers lose jobs
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation At least 10,000 garment workers have been sacked in Bangladesh as Western brands hit by coronavirus lockdowns cancel orders, union leaders said on Tuesday, urging the government to step in. More than $US3 billion-worth of orders have been cancelled or suspended, according to factory owners in Bangladesh, one of the world’s […]
Not consulted – or campaigning?
Not consulted – or campaigning? PICTURE: Hussain Abd/Unsplash As a leader I sometimes hear people complain, after a decision, that they were not consulted. What makes this weird is that often this is after a broad consultation process in which they have had a big say. What is going on!? I now realise that this […]
Coronavirus in Africa: Tanzanian churches are a hub for prevention (and potential hotspot) for coronavirus
GEORGIA GEE, writing for Religion Unplugged, looks at how houses of worship in the East African country are responding to the coronavirus pandemic…