Wide disagreements, low expectations as Biden, Putin meet
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs. Both have said they hope their talks in a stately lakeside Geneva villa can lead to more stable and predictable relations, even […]
Essay: Leadership for the post-COVID age – building human-centric cultures
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER reflects on what the post-pandemic world may look like and the opportunities to rethink values and ethics that it presents…
Famous German boys’ choir to add separate choir for girls
Berlin, GermanyAP One of Germany’s most famous Catholic boys’ choirs, the Regensburg Cathedral Choir, plans to establish a separate choral group for girls for the first time in its more than 1000-year history. “We are happy to welcome girls in the future,” choir director Christian Heiss said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the so-called […]
Wow!: ‘Doug to the Rescue’ – drone pilot saves animals in global disaster zones
ROLLO ROSS, of Reuters, reports on Douglas Thron’s work to save animals…
Southern Baptists tamp down race controversy, await election
Nashville, Tennessee, USAP Representatives to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting tamped down a controversy on race and heard an impassioned plea for victims of sexual abuse Tuesday while awaiting results on a bellwether presidential election. Some among the more than 15,000 church representatives in attendance – making it the SBC’s largest yearly gathering in […]