Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months – WHO
Reuters Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising three-fold in about five months, the World Health Organization said. An analysis by the WHO of six million infections between 24th February […]
UN hails “historic” milestone in global drive to end child labour
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation The United Nations’ labour agency hailed a “historic” milestone on Tuesday in the drive to end child labour after a global treaty to protect children from sexual exploitation, forced labour and armed conflict was signed by all member states. The International Labour Organization’s convention against the worst forms of child […]
Updated: Massive blast rips through Beirut, killing 78 and injuring thousands
Updated: 9.50am (AEST)Beirut, LebanonReuters A huge blast in port warehouses near central Beirut storing highly explosive material killed 78 people, injured nearly 4,000 and sent shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital. Officials said they expected the death toll to rise further after Tuesday’s blast as emergency workers […]
Australian state to impose hefty fines to compel COVID-19 isolation; Uluru access blocked
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID-19 isolation orders will face hefty fines, as high as $A20,000, and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus. Australia, once heralded as a global leader in containing COVID-19, is desperately trying to slow the […]
Public ideas for Mississippi flag: Magnolias, stars, beer
Jackson, Mississippi, USAP Magnolias and stars. Crosses and guitars. Beer cans and crawfish. A Gulf Coast lighthouse. Elvis Presley and Kermit the Frog. All appear on proposals the general public submitted for a new Mississippi flag. Mississippi recently retired the last state banner with the Confederate battle emblem that’s widely condemned as racist. A nine-member commission will […]
Harvest Crusade, a staple event at Angel Stadium, is morphing into a cinematic experience
Los Angeles, USRNS Every year in August, tens of thousands of people fill the seats of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, not for baseball, but for the weekend-long Harvest Crusade. A tradition for more than three decades, the Southern California evangelistic event, founded by Harvest Christian Fellowship Pastor Greg Laurie and the late pastor Chuck Smith, […]
South Africans go online to document police brutality
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Strict enforcement of South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown by police and the army has placed the spotlight on official brutality, a cause of anger among the majority Black population for decades. Now a coalition of human rights organisations called C19 is seeking to document those abuses, hoping the data gathered will […]
Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11
New York City, USAP After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on 11th September, 2001. Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of the Greek Orthodox church in America, stood on a balcony on […]
Australian landmarks: Growing calls to scrap “racist” names
GEORGINA HEWSON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to change names in Australia…
Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol
RNS A life-sized statue of Rev Billy Graham will be installed in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed. Last week, a North Carolina legislative committee approved a two-foot tall model of the statue depicting […]