UN chief invites young climate activists to meet, give input
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The head of the United Nations said this week he will start meeting regularly with young climate activists, saying participation by youth on the frontlines is critical to scaling up action to slow global warming. A group of seven people, ages 18 to 28, from seven countries will sit […]
Ethnic minorities hold less than five per cent of Britain’s top jobs
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation All of Britain’s political party leaders, Supreme Court judges and chief constables are white and less than five per cent of the country’s most powerful roles are held by non-white people although they make up 13 per cent of the population, a study on diversity found. Only 52 out of Britain’s […]
Books: Daring to love in a war zone
NILS VON KALM reads Mark Isaacs’ ‘The Kabul Peace House’…
Gospel for Asia calls for “compassionate prayer” over Myanmar jade mine disaster
Mission organisation Gospel for Asia has called for “compassionate prayer” after more than 160 people were killed in a mudslide at a jade mine in Myanmar earlier this month. The mudslide on 2nd July in the Hpakant area of Kachin state was triggered by heavy rains in the region and buried workers and those looking for […]
US pastor: 40 infected with coronavirus after church event
Strawberry, Alabama, USAP More than 40 people were infected with the coronavirus after attending a multi-day revival event at a north Alabama Baptist church, according to the congregation’s pastor. “The whole church has got it, just about,” Al.com quoted pastor Daryl Ross of Warrior Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall County as saying. The pastor says the church-goers, including […]
Flood risk for one million in Phnom Penh as wetlands destroyed
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the Cambodian capital are destroyed to build apartments and industries, human rights groups warned on Monday. Developments – including the ING City township – will reduce the Tompoun wetlands to […]
Poles split over government plan to exit domestic violence treaty
Warsaw, PolandAP Poles are bitterly divided over steps being taken by the right-wing government to leave a European treaty against domestic violence, claiming it promotes gender “ideology” and links violence to religion. Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said Monday he has formally asked the Ministry of Family to start preparations for Poland’s exit from the Istanbul […]
Churches as remote learning hubs?: US schools may not open to students this fall, but houses of worship might — for remote learning
G JEFFREY MACDONALD, of Religion News Service, reports on plans to use some US churches as educational hubs during the coronavirus pandemic…
US politicians hail John Lewis as “conscience” of Congress
Washington DC, USAP In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Representative John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Lewis the […]
Essay: The challenge civil rights giants leave us
Sojourners’ JIM WALLIS and ADAM TAYLOR pay tribute to US civil rights giants John Lewis and CT Vivian…