Sight-Seeing: Seeking God’s will in board meetings
PAUL CAMPEY, co-founder of Australia’s Resolve Consulting Group – which assists Christian organisations with their governance, strategic leadership and financial management, looks at the challenges for the boards of Christian organisations to keep Christ central to their deliberations…
Pope addresses Iraq trip, denounces violence against women
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis said Monday he is still planning to visit Iraq in March, even if most Iraqis have to watch him on television to avoid the coronavirus. The important thing, he said, is “they will see that the Pope is there in their country”. POPE DENOUNCES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DEMANDS PROTECTIONS Pope Francis […]
At March for Life in the US, a pivot away from Trump and toward ‘unity’
Washington DC, USRNS A mostly virtual version of a major annual anti-abortion gathering convened in Washington, DC, on Friday featuring pre-recorded speeches from lawmakers, faith leaders and former football star Tim Tebow who pushed for unity and made appeals to President Joe Biden to enact anti-abortion legislation. March for Life Director Jeanne Mancini kicked off […]
“I was crying”: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years
Abuja, NigeriaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in north-eastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family’s ordeal might soon be over. The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga’s daughter Halima, who – along with her sister Maryam – […]
Coup prompts outcry from Myanmar as West ponders how to respond
Reuters Western leaders condemned the coup by Myanmar’s military against Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government and hundreds of thousands of her supporters took to the social media to voice their anger at the takeover. The sudden turn of events in the early hours of Monday derailed years of efforts to establish democracy in […]
Updated: Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated: 10pm (AEDT)Reuters Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to […]
African Development Bank backs young ‘agripreneurs’ to beat climate change
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The African Development Bank plans to deploy billions of dollars to help young people build a new digitally-driven model of agriculture that can feed the continent’s people and boost prosperity even as the planet heats up, its president said. At a global summit this week, the bank and the Global Center […]
Fewer desks, more coffee: How the office could change after COVID-19
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Employees returning to the office after the coronavirus pandemic ends might find fewer desks and more room to chat over coffee, real estate experts say, as companies look to “seduce” remote workers back by offering more space for interaction. Lockdowns that have taken hold since March last year have forced millions […]
Emergency calls on violence against women spiked in Mexico in 2020
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Emergency calls related to violence against women in Mexico rose more than 30 per cent in 2020, data published last week showed, as COVID-19 lockdowns kept families stuck at home. In 2020, more than 260,000 emergency calls were made about violence against women compared to under 198,000 in the previous […]
Vaccine support: Black clergy offer churches as COVID-19 vaccination sites, roll up their sleeves
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Black churches in the US are playing a role in tackling the coronavirus pandemic…