Call for Christians to unite in pandemic to fight injustices
Vatican CityAP Two authoritative religious bodies on Thursday called on Christians to band together to fight “sins” laid bare or aggravated by the pandemic, including racism and economic injustice. The Vatican and the World Council of Churches, which is based in Switzerland, issued a joint document noting that the COVID-19 outbreak has drawn attention to […]
“Education emergency” as third of world’s children lack remote learning
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during coronavirus school closures, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Thursday, warning of a “global education emergency”. Nearly 1.5 billion children were affected by school closures as countries locked down to prevent the disease from spreading, […]
How coronavirus “supercharged” economic inequality in the Middle East
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation The gap between the richest and the poorest in the Middle East and North Africa – the world’s most unequal region – is widening due to the coronavirus, said an Oxfam report on Thursday. Twenty-one of the Middle East’s wealthiest magnates in countries like the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have seen their […]
Charleston church massacre looms over hate crime debate in US state of South Carolina
Columbia, South CarolinaAP South Carolina can both honor nine Black worshippers killed five years ago in a racist attack and send a message that it loves and protects all its neighbors by becoming the 48th state to pass a law with more severe penalties for hate crimes, supporters said Wednesday. A small group of House […]
Sight Helpdesk: Anxious about speaking in online classes and meetings? Here are seven tips to make it easier
In an article first published on The Conversation, LESLEY IRVINE, of Queensland University of Technology, gives some tips for speaking online…
‘We don’t see it’: Mexican TV series spotlights trafficking in plain sight
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation The creators of a documentary series about human trafficking in Mexico hope the TV show will educate the public about the abuse of workers in plain sight – be it cleaners or farm labourers. The eight-part public television series The Route of Human Trafficking tells the stories of survivors – […]
Montenegro’s President – Independence at stake in upcoming vote
Podgorica, MontenegroAP Montenegro’s President says a weekend parliamentary election will be crucial to the preservation of the small Balkan state’s independence in the face of renewed attempts by Serbia and Russia to bring nationalist and anti-Western allies to power, his party said Wednesday. President Milo Djukanovic alleged that “a media and political war is being […]
Updated: New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
Updated: 3.45pm (AEST)Christchurch, New ZealandAP The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Cameron Mander said the crimes committed by 29-year-old Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant were so wicked that a lifetime in jail could not begin to […]
Latin America: Evangelical churches hard hit by pandemic
The Associated Press report on the impact of COVID-19 on evangelical churches in Latin America where, in at least two nations, pastors have died in alarming numbers…
Five faith facts about US Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
RNS Vice President Mike Pence has described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order“. That has made Pence pretty popular with conservative evangelical Christians – not just as vice president, but also as a US congressman and governor of Indiana before that. Vice President Mike Pence speaking on 24th Apri, 2019. […]