Postcards: Pandemic peace brings new life to threatened Senegalese turtles
NGOUDA DIONE and COOPER INVEEN, of Reuters, report on how quieter beaches during the coronavirus pandemic has seen larger numbers of turtles…
Lazio hosts Vatican friendly against World Roma Federation
Vatican CityAP Lazio is sponsoring a soccer friendly between the Vatican and a team from the World Roma Federation in its latest effort to promote tolerance amid further episodes of racism and fascism from Lazio fans. Captain Ciro Immobile will referee Sunday’s match at Lazio’s Formello training centre. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi shows to journalists the […]
US Catholic bishops urged to listen as they consider Communion document
Updated: 12:40pm (AEDT)Baltimore, USAP Pope Francis’ top envoy to the United States cautioned the country’s bishops on Tuesday that the church needs to listen before it teaches as they deliberated at their fall meeting on a sensitive document about Holy Communion that emerged amid debates over Catholic politicians’ support for abortion. “It is sometimes said […]
Poland turns water cannon on migrants, crisis stokes East-West tension
Brussels, Belgium/Warsaw, PolandReuters Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Tuesday, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures. Video footage released by Polish authorities showed migrants also throwing bottles and logs across a […]
Three suicide bombers kill three, wound dozens in Ugandan capital
Kampala, UgandaReuters Islamic State claimed an attack in the heart of Uganda’s capital on Tuesday after three suicide bombers killed three people and sent members of parliament running for cover, in the latest in a wave of bombings. The blasts in Kampala, which forced the evacuation of parliament, shocked a nation known as a bulwark […]
Bird flu spreads in Europe and Asia
Paris, France Reuters Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has put the poultry industry on alert after […]
Delta dominates the world, but scientists watch for worrisome offspring
Chicago, USReuters The Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, fuelled by unchecked spread of the novel coronavirus in many parts of the world. So far, vaccines are still able to defend against serious disease and death from Delta, but scientists remain on alert. Here is […]
Russian anti-satellite missile test endangers space station crew – NASA
Washington DC, USReuters An anti-satellite missile test Russia conducted on Monday generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the International Space Station and will pose a hazard to space activities for years, US officials said. The seven-member space station crew – four US astronauts, a German astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts – were […]
In Australia, religious bodies send open letter to Victorian Government on “gross overreach” equal opportunity legislation
Sydney, Australia Some of Australia’s most senior religious leaders have appealed to the government of the Australian state of Victoria to hit the pause button on proposed laws that will affect who they can employ. Meanwhile, Christian school leaders in Tasmania are lobbying the Federal Government to protect religious freedoms as it prepares to introduce […]
Music: Music to refresh the mind, body and soul
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Bethel Music’s latest…