Biden solidifies US election victory, Trump hints at leaving White House
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware/Washington DC, USReuters US President-elect Joe Biden solidified his election victory on Friday when he won the state of Georgia as President Donald Trump said “time will tell” if another administration takes office soon, the closest he has come to acknowledging that Biden could succeed him. Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, […]
Australia forecasts prolonged wildfire seasons, more droughts from climate change
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s climate will continue to warm, resulting in prolonged wildfire seasons and less rain in the south-east and south-west that will lead to more frequent droughts, the country’s weather bureau said on Friday. Australia’s changing climate patterns can be attributed to an increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere […]
Snapshot: Shala River, Albania
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Soundbite – The TCM Update: Valencia James’ ‘All The Waves’, and John Newsome’s ‘Home’ gets second run
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Music: Midnight Oil’s new “mini-album” a challenging and prophetic cultural critique
In a review to mark NAIDOC Week, NILS VON KALM says ‘The Makarrata Project’ is like a “long-awaited sequel” to Australian band Midnight Oil’s landmark 1987 album, ‘Diesel and Dust’…
Misinformation could prompt people to turn against COVID-19 vaccines – study
London, UKReuters Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, a study found on Thursday. The study of 8,000 people in the two countries found that fewer people would […]
Aboriginal names get pride of place in Australian addresses
Thomson Reuters Foundation Australia Post has backed a months-long campaign to add Aboriginal place names in addresses to recognise the country’s Indigenous people and the traditional names of their lands. Rachael McPhail, an Aboriginal woman, began a social media campaign in August to ask Australia Post to add traditional place names to postal addresses. She […]
In blast-hit Beirut, “invisible” elderly women face destitution
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of elderly women in Beirut whose lives were upended by a huge blast in August now face destitution, as Lebanon buckles under financial crisis and a COVID-19 lockdown, charities said. The United Nations and aid agencies said older women living alone made up almost one in 10 households in […]
The Interview: “You can’t just jump to hope” – Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on healing after the US election
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to Bishop Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, about the United State’s journey toward healing…
In the US, multi-racial churches growing, but racial unity may be elusive, says study
RNS Derwin Gray and his wife, Vicki, founded Transformation Church in Lancaster County, South Carolina, 10 years ago, with the goal of gathering a congregation that reflected the racial demographics of the public schools in the area just across the border from Charlotte, North Carolina. They more than succeeded. The non-denominational church led by a Black pastor […]