Cuba approves laws granting greater rights as criticism of protesters’ arrests heats up
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a raft of laws broadening citizens’ legal rights even as the Communist-run country comes under fire at home and abroad for a crackdown on protests earlier this year. The changes stem from the 2019 constitution, which required reforms to modernize Cuba’s judicial and penal codes. But they […]
Canada defends pandemic policy on asylum-seekers while letting more enter through exemptions
Toronto, CanadaReuters The Canadian Government is trying to quash a legal challenge to its policy of turning back asylum-seekers entering the country between border crossings, saying the group bringing it lacks standing, even as it has granted a growing number of exemptions to the policy. The parties were in court on Thursday arguing over who […]
Charissa Cheong
Charissa Cheong Correspondent – London, UK Charissa is a freelance journalist who lives and attends church in north London. She read English at the University of Cambridge and has contributed to various UK-based news publications. She is currently working towards her NCTJ certificate, a nationally recognised qualification for journalism in the United Kingdom.
Haiti missionary abductions: Prayer for kidnappers deeply rooted in mission group’s faith
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, looks at the group at the centre of the Haiti missionary kidnappings…
Biden lashes Sudan’s junta, deaths climb in anti-coup protests
Khartoum, Sudan/Washington DC, USReuters The United States and United Nations dialled up the pressure on Sudan’s new military junta on Thursday as confrontations between soldiers and anti-coup protesters took the death toll to at least 11. After the 15-member UN Security Council called for the restoration of Sudan’s civilian-led government – toppled on Monday – […]
Essay: Nearly half of all churches and other faith institutions help people get enough to eat
BRAD R FULTON, a social scientist at Indiana University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the “outsized” role churches and other faith institutions play in feeding America’s hungry…