Sight-Seeing: Black history can’t be told without the Bible
Rev NICOLE MARTIN, vice president of church engagement and executive director of trauma healing at American Bible Society, says the Bible has been a source of “healing, hope and refuge from danger” for Black Americans…
UK and Canada impose sanctions on Myanmar generals after coup
Reuters Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s ruling generals on Thursday for toppling the civilian-led government while Japan said it had agreed with the United States, India and Australia that democracy must be restored there quickly. Western countries have condemned the 1st February overthrow and detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, which […]
Attacks on ancient religious sites in Ethiopia kill hundreds, reports say
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Fighting in Tigray, a semi-autonomous state in northern Ethiopia, resulted in massacres at ancient religious sites as the country’s military battled the forces of the ruling party in the state, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. People seeking shelter were attacked at the Church of Our Lady of Mary of Zion, a 1,600-year-old Ethiopian […]
Editorial: Sight “unfriended” by Facebook
DAVID ADAMS, editor of Sight, responds to Facebook’s decision to cut its feed…
Brazil churches spark controversy with LGBT+ support in Lent campaign
Sao Paolo, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation A group of major Brazilian churches came under fire for supporting LGBT+ people for the first time in an annual Lent fundraising campaign that launched on Wednesday, in which they said homophobia leads to murder. Every year the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) kicks off a Fraternity Campaign on Ash Wednesday, […]
Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite COVID lockdowns
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Air pollution caused tens of thousands of deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last year despite coronavirus lockdowns, researchers said on Thursday, urging governments to ditch fossil fuels and invest in a green recovery. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace Southeast Asia and air quality technology company IQAir measured pollution […]
Myanmar junta targets paralysing strikes, as arrests near 500
Reuters Myanmar’s military junta has issued arrest warrants against six celebrities for encouraging strikes that have paralysed many government offices in protests against this month’s coup, with total arrests since then now nearing 500. Thousands of chanting protesters gathered on Thursday at a busy intersection near the main university in Yangon, the country’s largest city, […]
Pandemic puts pressure on Japan to open up rice stockpile to charities
Tokyo, JapanThomson Reuters Foundation When Ayumi lost her part-time job at a restaurant last summer, she ended up relying on rice and pre-packaged fare delivered once a month by a food bank to her college campus in Tokyo. “I cut my meals to once a day, in mid-afternoon,” the 22-year-old said. “Many friends were in […]
A Sustainable Life: I tried to cut my carbon footprint for a month. Here’s how I did
Georgian-based UMBERTO BACCHI, a correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, talks about his personal efforts to lesson his carbon footprint using the app Giki Zero…
Anger increases in Peru over secret inoculations of wealthy
Lima, PeruAP Public indignation over secret coronavirus vaccinations for the wealthy and well-connected in Peru grew Wednesday, a day after the Vatican’s ambassador to the South American nation admitted he was inoculated ahead of healthcare workers and the poor. The surreptitious vaccination of nearly 500 people, including a then-president, his wife and brother, has roused […]