Survey: Americans most likely to say pandemic has boosted their faith
RNS Faith is one way some people cope with crisis. But according to a new Pew Research survey of 14 countries, the coronavirus pandemic has not significantly boosted people’s faith. Of the countries surveyed – all advanced economies with significant secular populations – Americans were most likely to say the pandemic made their faith stronger. But even […]
This Life: With vaccinations, an army of grey volunteers is coming
Rev THOMAS REESE, writing from the US, reflects on what older people may do with the freedom vaccinations against COVID-19 are providing them…
Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
Warsaw, Poland AP A Jewish prayer for the souls of the people murdered in the Holocaust echoed Wednesday over where the Warsaw ghetto stood during World War II as a world paused by the coronavirus pandemic observed the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Most International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations were being held online […]
Programs tackling extreme poverty reach nearly 92 million people
Toronto, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation Targeted efforts to improve the income of the world’s poorest households are benefitting nearly 92 million people across 75 countries, according to a World Bank study released on Tuesday. Designed to drive people out of extreme poverty, these programs usually combine cash or in-kind transfers, training and access to finance, and […]
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
New Delhi, IndiaAP Leaders of a protest movement sought Wednesday to distance themselves from a day of violence when thousands of farmers stormed India’s historic Red Fort, the most dramatic moment in two months of demonstrations that have grown into a major challenge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Farmers demanding the repeal of new […]
Greta Thunberg’s generation most likely to believe climate change is a crisis: poll
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg’s generation cares more about the climate than her parents’ and grandparents’, the biggest survey ever on global warming found, confirming what many people already suspected. Released on Wednesday, the poll organised by Oxford University and the United Nations used pop-up surveys on online games like Angry Birds to […]
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
Reuters Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3 per cent of the world’s population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have […]
Olympics: Some athletes will resist COVID-19 vaccination, says USOPC medical chief
Toronto, CanadaReuters There may be only a one in a billion chance of failing a doping test due to the COVID-19 vaccine, but some athletes will still resist inoculation, scientists from the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee said on Tuesday. While WADA’s director of sciences and international partnerships Olivier […]
StrangeSights: Haggis in space; sleeping on the job; and, a Taylor Swift sea shanty?…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Ugandan Government accuses Catholic Church of “meddling” in politics
Kampala, Uganda The Ugandan Government has accused the Catholic Church of failing to play its core role of spreading the Gospel and instead meddling in electoral politics. While addressing a press conference in Kampala last weekend, the Minister for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, told journalists that Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, of Kampala Archdiocese, and Catholic […]