Egypt: Cautious hopes for slum dwellers relocated in housing project
MENNA A FAROUK, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at an initiative to rehouse slum dwellers in new social housing units…
Australians urged to wear #EndCOVIDforall facemasks to encourage government to support neighbours during pandemic
Australians are being asked to wear a face mask emblazoned with the words “End COVID for all” on Wednesday, 19th August, in an act of solidarity with those nearby countries hardest-hit by the coronavirus. The initiative, part of the #EndCOVIDforall campaign is aimed at encouraging the Australian Government to continue to support neighbouring countries during […]
Essay: What the far-left might learn from Cardinal Bellarmine’s view of science
CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what today’s “woke fundamentalists” can learn from Cardinal Bellarmine’s approach during the controversy over Galileo Galilei’s view that the Earth moves around the Sun…
Postcards: Facing COVID-19 and climate threats, Nairobi ramps up green efforts
WESLEY LANGAT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
‘Women in White’ from Belarus protest globally for peace and new vote
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Dressed in white and carrying flowers, Belarusian women have taken to the streets in an unprecedented show of female solidarity to call for President Alexander Lukashenko to quit, urging other women at home and abroad to join them. Known as the “Women in White”, female demonstrators have organised protests in Minsk […]