Sight-Seeing: Praying with Mennonites
PATTON DODD, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on his time among the Mennonites…
United Methodist bishops cancel virtual special session of General Conference
RNS United Methodist bishops have canceled a special session of the global denomination’s General Conference that was scheduled to meet on 8th May online. The bishops called the special session late last month after postponing the quadrennial meeting of the United Methodist Church’s decision-making body yet again amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. People attend the day of […]
Exit polls indicate no clear winner in Israeli election
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Exit polls indicate there is no clear winner in Tuesday’s Israeli election, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate uncertain and signaling continued political deadlock. The polls on Israel’s three main TV stations showed Netanyahu and his religious and nationalist allies, as well as diverse array of opponents, both falling short of a parliamentary […]
Vaccine makers should license technology to overcome “grotesque” inequity: WHO
Geneva/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters More producers of COVID-19 vaccines should follow AstraZeneca’s lead and license technology to other manufacturers, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday, as he described continuing vaccine inequity as “grotesque”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks during the opening of the 148th session of the executive board […]
Motive still unclear in Colorado mass shooting as suspect faces murder charges
Boulder, ColoradoReuters Police on Tuesday identified the 21-year-old suspect accused of killing 10 people – including a policeman – in a hail of bullets at a Colorado supermarket, marking the United States’ second mass shooting in a week and adding to the state’s tragic history of deadly massacres. The suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa of […]
At least 15 found dead, hundreds missing, after Bangladesh Rohingya camp blaze
Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshAP Rescuers recovered at least 15 charred bodies from a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh after a devastating fire that destroyed thousands of shelters, officials said Tuesday. At least 400 people were still missing and around 560 were injured by the fire, according to Louise Donovan, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ […]
US baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias
Denver, Colorado, USAP A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the US Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple went on trial Monday in yet another lawsuit, this one involving a birthday cake for a transgender woman. Autumn Scardina attempted to order the birthday cake on the […]
World’s water woes spring from undervaluing its “blue gold”
Thomson Reuters Foundation Why are humans so enthusiastic about discovering traces of water on Mars, and yet do not treat the Earth’s supply of “blue gold” with the same respect nor seek to share it more fairly? So asks the World Water Development Report 2021, which argues that many people waste or misuse water because […]
On the Screen: Marvel soars on the small screen with ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’
MARCUS CHEONG watches Marvel’s short series, ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’…
Indian film shows hardship and hope of migrants’ lockdown journeys
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From cycling through forests and crossing the Ganges river to bypassing police barricades, a new documentary chronicles the journeys of India’s millions of migrant workers as they walked, pedaled and hitchhiked home during the coronavirus lockdown. The film 1232 KMS – shot last April by director Vinod Kapri – follows a […]