David Attenborough to UN: “Climate change a threat to global security, I don’t envy you”
New York City, USReuters British naturalist David Attenborough warned on Tuesday that climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have ever faced, telling the UN Security Council: “I don’t envy you the responsibility that this places on all of you.” Attenborough, 94, the world’s most influential wildlife broadcaster, addressed a virtual meeting […]
Lifestory: Carman, beloved by ’90s evangelical kids, was a Pentecostal showman at heart
LEAH PAYNE, associate professor of American religious history at Portland Seminary, and DARA COLEBY DELGADO, assistant professor of religious studies and Black studies at Allegheny College, reflect on the impact of the late Pentecostal music icon Carmen…
SBC President JD Greear: “God did not call Southern Baptists to save America”
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS Southern Baptist Convention President JD Greear called out fellow Baptists on Monday who he said were sowing dissension and lies in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Greear, who pastors The Summit Church, a North Carolina megachurch, defended his three years as the denomination’s president and the convention’s growing diversity. But he said […]
Concern over rich-poor divide seen on the increase during pandemic
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation People have become more concerned about the gap between rich and poor during the coronavirus pandemic, especially the young, the authors of a new global study said on Tuesday, urging governments to take steps to redress the balance. More than 8,700 people in 24 nations were surveyed at the […]
Workers’ rights under threat as online work surges five-fold – UN
Berlin, GermanyThomson Reuters Foundation Digital platforms have soared five-fold over the past decade, offering opportunities to some but also eroding workers’ rights, the International Labour Organization said on Tuesday. From ride-sharing apps like Uber and online marketplaces like UpWork linking freelancers and clients, to software that allows employers to oversee workers, digital platforms have transformed […]
Updated: Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws
Updated 9pm (AEDT)Canberra, AustraliaReuters Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week […]
Private bill seeks freedom for man living in church in US state of Missouri
O’Fallon, Missouri, USAP US Representative Cori Bush introduced legislation to Congress on Monday to grant permanent residency to Alex Garcia, a Honduran immigrant who has spent more than three years inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation. Bush, a freshman Democrat from St Louis, announced a private bill that would allow the married father of five […]
Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet
Los Angeles, USReuters NASA scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies of last week’s’ daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation over the red planet and a rocket-powered hovercraft lowering the science lab on wheels to the surface. The footage was recorded on Thursday by a series of cameras mounted at different […]
Origins: Lent
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOANNE M PIERCE, professor of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross, looks at the Christian tradition of Lent…
“Draconian” moves to control internet in Asia
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation From Cambodia to India and the Philippines, countries in Asia have introduced a slew of internet and data use legislation in recent months, with human rights group warning the measures raise the risk of mass surveillance and free speech violations. More than six nations have launched contact tracing systems during the pandemic – […]