Ethnic minorities disproportionately affected by coronavirus – The Lancet
Reuters Ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus, with Blacks and Asians at increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared to white individuals, according to an analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. About 18.7 million patients from 50 studies were included to establish the findings, the analysis said. Forty-two of the studies […]
Conversations: Colin Buchanan, Australian singer-songwriter – and kids’ favourite
Having recently released his 20th album, Australian Christian singer-songwriter – and kids’ favourite – Colin Buchanan speaks with DAVID ADAMS about the role the COVID-19 pandemic played in new album’s creation, why the Old Testament speaks to the times we’re living in and his love of distilling Bible truths for kids…
Senegalese youth decry illegal migration after surge in deaths at sea
Dakar, SenagalThomson Reuters Foundation Young people in Senegal held a national day of mourning on Friday for 140 migrants killed in a shipwreck as they headed to Europe last month, sparking debate about unemployment and migration in the West African country. Friday’s unofficial commemoration was spread by users of social media, where young Senegalese criticised […]
Azerbaijan delays takeover, promises to protect churches
Moscow, RussiaAP Azerbaijan on Sunday postponed taking control of a territory ceded by Armenian forces in a cease-fire agreement, but denounced civilians leaving the area for burning houses and committing what it called “ecological terror.” The cease-fire ended six weeks of intense fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region and territories outside its […]
French Catholics protest for end to lockdown on Mass
Paris, FranceAP With banners reading “Let us Pray” and “We Want Mass”, Catholic protesters held scattered demonstrations around France on Sunday to demand that authorities relax virus lockdown measures to allow religious services. In the western city of Nantes, hundreds gathered in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary, some kneeling on the rain-soaked […]
US health experts Fauci and Collins dispense Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum
RNS Beneath the neo-Gothic arches of Washington National Cathedral, Dr Anthony Fauci mulled over the question everyone is asking: Should families gather for Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic? “I think every family unit needs to do a risk assessment,” said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at a Thursday forum. […]
Storm Eta damage pushes small, Indigenous farmers in Central America into hunger
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Ruben Garcia not long ago had small herds of cattle and fields bursting with crops, and now the Indigenous farmer in northern Nicaragua lies awake worrying how long it will be before he and his neighbors run out of food. The wooden homes and tiny farms of the Indigenous Miskito community […]
Middle East: In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule
ZEINA KARAM reports for The Associated Press on a tumultuous five decades in Syria…