“One heck of a ride”: SpaceX launches astronauts into space
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USReuters Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. SpaceX’s newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew has dubbed Resilience, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Fears world’s biggest trade deal could spark conflicts, hurt farmers
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation An Asia-Pacific trade deal backed by China could hurt small scale farmers, cause more land conflicts, and leave workers in poorer nations without protection as they struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights groups said on Friday. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – that also includes Japan, South […]
Faith and politics: Trump divided the nation and their church, experts say, but evangelical fans have few regrets
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the the legacy of US President Trump’s relationship with evangelicals…
In a moment of turmoil, US Catholic bishops meet virtually
AP Catholic bishops of the United States open a national meeting Monday under dramatic circumstances. A pandemic has compelled them to meet virtually from their far-flung dioceses. A hard-fought presidential election has caused sharp divisions in their own ranks. And six days before the meeting, the Vatican released a revelatory report detailing how clerics in […]
Essay: A different kind of Christmas
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Transform Aid International/Baptist World Aid Australia, writes about why we need to pay attention to what we’re buying this Christmas…