Detecting slave-made goods from China is growing harder, US says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Major brands face a growing challenge to root out forced labour in Chinese supply chains, the top US anti-human trafficking official said Friday, as the United States stepped up the blocking of imports of goods made in Xinjiang. Ambassador-at-Large John Richmond said reports that forced labour by the Chinese government had spread […]
New Zealand’s Ardern and Collins make final pleas to voters before election
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern on Friday urged voters to deliver her a strong mandate at this weekend’s general election, promising to provide a swifter recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Ardern’s decisive response to the crisis has left her well-placed for Saturday’s vote, although recent polls have suggested her Labour Party may need […]
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Samaritan’s Purse to set up coronavirus field hospital in the Bahamas
RNS First the tents went up in Cremona, Italy. Then New York City. And now in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. Supplies destined for the Bahamas are loaded onto the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 airplane on 14th October, in Greensboro, North Carolina. PICTURE: Courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse It’s been a busy year for Samaritan’s Purse, […]
In the US, Kentucky church to investigate Chris Rice, Christian musician, after abuse allegation
Nashville, TennesseeRNS A Kentucky church has announced plans to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by Dove Award-winning Christian musician and songwriter Chris Rice. Tates Creek Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, said that Rice, whose songs include Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus) and Deep Enough to Dream, had been a guest musician at several youth and […]
US election – Faith groups release video to rally liberal religious voters
Washington DC, USRNS Two liberal-leaning religious groups are unveiling a short film aimed at mobilizing fellow faith-fueled voters, adding to a flurry of religion-themed advertisements critical of President Donald Trump and his administration that have been released in the final weeks before the election. The film, titled Faith Vote 2020: Answering the Urgent Call of […]
The Interview: Lecrae on growing uncomfortable with white evangelicalism and finding ‘restoration’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to award-winning hip-hop artist Lecrae about his new book, ‘I Am Restored’…
World caught in “syndemic” of chronic diseases and COVID-19, global study says
London, UKReuters The world is caught in a perfect storm of rising rates of chronic disease, persistent infectious diseases and public health failures that have fuelled deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a major global study of human health. The emergence and overlap of the coronavirus pandemic with a continued global rise in chronic […]
Essay: How will the post-pandemic church pay the bills?
JONATHAN MERRITT, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how US churches are addressing the issue of declining giving among congregations…