Cyprus recovers looted 18th century church doors from Japan
Nicosia, Cyprus AP Cyprus’ Orthodox Church formally took charge Thursday of two ornately decorated 18th century doors stolen from a church in the ethnically divided island’s breakaway north and reclaimed from a Japanese art college after a long legal battle. Communications and Works Minister Yiannis Karousos said the wooden doors – painted with religious scenes, […]
UN says world likely to miss climate targets despite COVID pause in emissions
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday. The virus-related economic downturn caused only a temporary downturn in CO2 emissions last year and it was not enough to reverse […]
Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees – HRW report
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday. Human Rights Watch’s report detailed attacks around two camps in Tigray, where local forces have battled the Ethiopian Government and their Eritrean allies since November in a conflict that […]
“A fantasy” to think UN can fix Afghanistan, Guterres says
United NationsReuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said any suggestion the world body can solve Afghanistan’s problems is “a fantasy” and that its capacity to mediate for a more inclusive Taliban government is limited. Asked in an interview with Reuters a month after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan from a Western-backed government […]
In Australian state of Victoria, Christian schools to meet with government on proposed LGBTIQ+ protection legislation
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Christian schools will meet with Victorian Government representatives in two weeks to state their case on proposed legislation to protect LGBTIQ+ people from discrimination in employment. The State Government says its planned reforms will “strike a balance” between freedom of religion and equality for the LGBTIQ+ community, to prevent schools from […]
Health Insight: Why 7,000 steps a day is the new 10,000 steps a day
In an article first published on The Conversation, LINDSAY BOTTOMS, a Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire, looks at what the latest research says about how many steps we should take each day…
Kenyan Anglican province defies moratorium to ordain woman bishop
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Amid celebrations in a predominantly Anglican region in western Kenya, Rev Rose Okeno was enthroned as Bishop of the Butere Diocese on Sunday. Okeno, 54, was consecrated in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya, making her the first woman to be a […]
“Serious decisions”: West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup
Dakar, SenegalReuters West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the junta leaders to return the country to constitutional rule, Ghana’s foreign minister said. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the putsch that overthrew President Alpha Conde, […]
“We are not criminals”: migrants protest in southern Mexico
Tapachula, MexicoReuters Hundreds of migrants stuck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Wednesday protested against the country’s immigration policies that have frustrated their efforts to travel to the United States. Many of the Central and Latin American migrants, including a large Haitian contingent, have been stuck for months in the city of Tapachula […]
Peer education: A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust understanding
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from Columbia in South Carolina on the opening of North America’s first permanent Anne Frank Center…