Essay: Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
MATHEW SCHMALZ, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in the US, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the history of Communion within the Catholic Church and when it has been denied to prominent figures…
Wow!: Entrepreneurs turn rusting Soviet plant into green urban space in western Ukraine
SERGIY KARAZY and MARGARYTA CHORNOKONDRATENKO, of Reuters, report from Ukraine…
IMF says Africa urgently needs vaccines to halt repeated COVID waves
Washington DC, US Reuters COVID-19 infections in Africa will likely exceed previous peaks within days, underscoring an urgent need to accelerate vaccine supplies and financing to the region, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. Georgieva said in a blog posting with IMF Africa Department director Abebe Selassie that sub-Saharan Africa, already […]
Tigray’s former rulers back in Mekelle, Ethiopian Government declares ceasefire
Amba Giorgis, Ethiopia Reuters The former rulers of Ethiopia’s Tigray region said on Monday they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government which ousted them declared a unilateral ceasefire with immediate effect. Residents in downtown Mekelle reported seeing rebel troops in the city for the […]