Afghan women breastfeed babies who lost their mothers in ‘devastating’ attack
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation After militants stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul and killed young women and their babies, Kaamila Sahar felt compelled to help. As a young mother herself, she decided to breastfeed the infants whose own mothers had been killed or injured. Kaamila Sahar, a volunteer helping to nurse babies, holds […]
Australia’s most populous state braces for travel chaos as schools, offices reopen
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s most populous state on Monday deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing on public transport amid an expected commuter surge as schools and offices reopened and coronavirus cases fell. Australia has reported just over 7,100 COVID-19 infections, including 102 deaths, well below figures reported by other developed countries. Police […]
Eduardo Campos Lima
Eduardo Campos Lima Correspondent – São Paulo, Brazil Eduardo Campos Lima holds a degree in journalism and a PhD in literature from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Between 2016 and 2017, he was a Fulbright visiting research student at Columbia University. He has written for several American religion outlets, such as Crux, America, Religion […]
WHERE IS GOD IN A CORONAVIRUS WORLD?
For June and July, 2020 – we’re reading Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox’s book Where is God in a Coronavirus World?
Pandemic may reverse human development for first time in 30 years, UN says
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The novel coronavirus outbreak has starkly exposed inequalities worldwide and could set back human development for the first time since 1990, the United Nations said last week. It said the crisis had, though, revealed the strength of collective action in the face of a common threat and urged the world to […]
‘Digital twins’ can help create healthier cities after coronavirus
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation The use of new technologies, such as virtual reality, by planners to help design more sustainable and healthier cities has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts said on Friday. The respiratory disease, which has infected more than five million people worldwide, has already triggered the widespread use of robots, drones and […]
“So many problems”: Ugandan women fear food shortages will make coronavirus and HIV a deadly mix
SALLY HAYDEN reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the challenges facing HIV positive women in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic…
Catholic faithful return to St Peter’s Square
Vatican CityAP Well-spaced faithful have gathered in St Peter’s Square for the first time in months for the traditional Sunday papal blessing. They cast their gaze at the window where the Pope normally addresses the faithful. Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on […]
Essay: Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn’t helping the billion people who live in them
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROBERT MUGGAH of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and RICHARD FLORIDA, of the University of Toronto, look at why the world’s biggest city slums are particularly vulnerable to disease outbreaks like the coronavirus pandemic…
This Life: When you’re tempted, turn to God
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the issue of temptation…