Wow!: An artist preserves Wuhan’s COVID memories
EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA, of Associated Press, reports on artist Yang Qian’s efforts to capture Wuhan’s 76 day lockdown so that it will not be forgotten…
Brazil becomes second nation to top 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
Sao Paulo, BrazilAP Brazil has reached 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and become the second nation to top that figure. The United States hit the same milestone on 14th December, but it has a larger population. A demonstrator places a Brazil national flag on a mattress symbolizing COVID-19 victims, during a protest against the Government’s handling […]
Norah Jones, Chelsea Clinton headline benefit for fire-ravaged New York church
RNS Three months after a fire devastated its historic edifice, New York’s Middle Collegiate Church is holding a star-studded benefit to raise money to rebuild. Singer Norah Jones and presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton are among the performers and activists who will take part in the Thursday event that will be broadcast from Bloomingdale’s Studio 59. […]
Pope orders salary cuts for cardinals, clerics, to save jobs of ordinary employees
Pope Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10 per cent pay cut and reduced the salaries of most other clerics working in the Vatican in order to save jobs of employees as the coronavirus pandemic has hit the Holy See’s income. The Vatican said on Wednesday that Francis issued a decree introducing proportional cuts […]
Shelters being built in Bangladesh Rohingya camp after fire
Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshAP Authorities and volunteers from aid agencies in southern Bangladesh were rebuilding shelters on Wednesday for thousands of Rohingya refugees who lost their dwellings to a devastating fire that killed at least 15 people, including children, officials said Thousands of refugees became homeless in Monday’s fire that raced through Balukhali camp at Ukhiya […]
Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest victim
Reuters Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire during a crackdown in Mandalay. Pro-democracy protesters also held more candle-lit vigils overnight […]
Updated: Australia floods claim first fatality, more evacuations as clean-up begins
Updated: 4.45pm (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters A man’s body was found in a car trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday, the first death linked to wild weather across Australia in recent days that has submerged houses, swept away cars and livestock and cut off entire towns. More than 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as […]
StrangeSights: When a frog is a bunny; no more second prizes in beauty contests; and, first tweet sells for $US2.9 million
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
Catholic advocacy group Network taps Georgetown professor Mary Novak as new leader
Washington DC, USRNS Catholic social justice lobby Network has chosen Georgetown University law professor Mary Novak to take over the group when its longtime leader, Sister Simone Campbell, steps down later this month. Network announced the change on Monday, noting Novak will officially take over on 1st April. Mary Novak. PICTURE: Courtesy of Network “Sister […]
Australian police find nothing criminal in Vatican fund transfers
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australian police said on Tuesday that they had found nothing criminal in the transfer of $US7.3 million from the Vatican to Australia between 2014 and 2020. Financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC scrutinised the transactions after Italian media reported in September that large sums of money had been sent to Australia during the trial of […]