Postcards: No address? Voting while homeless is challenging in US election
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the obstacles facing the homeless in the US when it comes to casting their vote – and how advocates are attempting to overcome them…
Pope ends public audiences, eyes Christmas as virus surges
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican, officials said Thursday. Starting next week, Francis will resume livestreaming his weekly catechism lessons from his library in the Apostolic Palace, as he did […]
In the US, Falwell sues Liberty, saying school damaged his reputation
Richmond, VirginiaAP Jerry Falwell, Jr, has sued Liberty University, alleging the evangelical school founded by his late pastor father damaged his reputation in a series of public statements that followed his resignation as president and chancellor in August amid a series of scandals. The lawsuit filed in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday includes claims of defamation and […]
Pandemic exposes “hidden poverty” in unequal cities
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation From Bogota to Athens, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed pockets of once invisible urban poverty, prompting some mayors to target the cities’ poorest for new health and welfare measures, a top health official said on Thursday. About half of the world’s population live in urban areas and city mayors are on […]
After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
Vatican CityRNS After a man killed three people on Thursday at the Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the French Catholic community, offering prayers for the victims as well as wishes that “the beloved French people may respond united for good against evil”. The attack, one of three on Thursday […]
Updated: Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church
Last updated: 12.45pm, 30th October, 2020 (AEDT)Paris/Nice, FranceReuters A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is Greatest”) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday before being shot and taken away by police. President Emmanuel Macron said France would deploy thousands more soldiers […]
Divided Belgium turns into Europe’s worst virus hot spot
Buizingen, Belgium AP Small, yet so divided, Belgium has been hit hard again by the pandemic, and now presents some of the most worrying statistics in a continent reeling under a coronavirus resurgence. If ever there was a common enemy for the rival Dutch and French-speaking citizens and regions to fight, this would surely be […]
A Sustainable Life: Five cost-effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint at home
In an article first published on The Conversation for the UK context, WENDY ROWAN, LAURA LYNCH and STEPHEN MCCARTHY, of University College Cork, outline five simple ways to reduce your household carbon emissions…
US official says UN has “lack of curiosity” on Xinjiang
Beijing, ChinaAP The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the US envoy for women’s issues said Thursday. Citing reports of forced birth control, home visits and sexual violence in detention centres, Ambassador-at-Large on Women’s Issues Kelley Currie said such practices show […]
US election – Kamala Harris talks about her own faith and how it might influence a Biden-Harris White House
RNS Asked how a Biden-Harris administration would work with faith leaders, Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee for vice president, highlighted the campaign’s proposal to establish a “faith-based law enforcement program” in the Department of Justice to help protect faith communities from hate crimes. In an email interview facilitated by the Biden-Harris faith […]