Blaze ravages Evia island “like a horror movie” on sixth day of Greek fires
Pefki, GreeceReuters Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea. The blaze on Evia, Greece’s second-biggest island, quickly burgeoned into several fronts, ripping through thousands […]
Taliban overrun northern Afghan cities of Kunduz, Sar-e Pul, Taloqan
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Taliban fighters overran three provincial capitals including the strategic north-eastern city of Kunduz on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north and threatened further cities. The insurgents have taken dozens of districts and border crossings in recent months and put pressure on several provincial capitals, including Herat in […]
Organ experts try to get the music going again after floods in Detroit churches
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USAP David Hufford learned that an extreme storm had flooded a suburban Detroit church with more than seven feet of water, striking the boiler, electrical system, elevator and more. “Just astounding,” he said, thumbing through photos on his phone. But this repairman wasn’t called to fix anything ordinary at St Paul […]
UN climate report likely to deliver stark warnings on global warming
London, UKReuters Eight years after its last update on climate science, the United Nations is set to publish a report Monday that will likely deliver even starker warnings about how quickly the planet is warming – and how damaging the impacts might get. Since the last report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram militants kidnapped her and more than 200 of her classmates, Borno state’s governor said on Saturday. The raid on the school in the north-eastern town one night in April 2014 sparked […]
The Interview: US CDC researcher Susan Hillis on how people of faith can support COVID orphans
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Susan Hillis, a member of the COVID-19 International Task Force at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about how her Christian faith connects with her work and how people can support children and families devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic…