This Life: God’s Word brings a peace unknown in the natural world
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article published on ASSIST News Service, on a peace which surpasses understanding…
Vaccines slightly less effective against severe COVID, deaths – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters COVID-19 vaccines appear to have become slightly less effective in preventing severe disease and death but do provide “significant protection”, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25th June, 2020. PICTURE: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. The Omicron variant […]
Vatican fraud trial sees more delay amid procedural errors
Vatican CityAP The Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial, which opened to great fanfare in July, suffered another delay Tuesday as the tribunal postponed any further decisions until prosecutors finish redoing their investigation of four of the original 10 defendants. The delay means the trial, which had already been proceeding at a snail’s pace even […]
Updated: Haiti searches for victims of fuel truck blast that killed 60
Updated: 12:45 (AEDT) Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters Haitian authorities on Tuesday searched for victims from a fuel truck explosion in the city of Cap-Haitien that killed at least 60 people, amid reports that nearby residents had attempted to take fuel from the vehicle before it exploded. Hundreds of people on Tuesday remained at the scene of […]
Afghans face “avalanche of hunger and destitution” – UN agency
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Almost all Afghans do not have enough to eat and a failing economy could tip Afghanistan’s increasingly dire situation under Taliban rule into catastrophe next year, the UN’s World Food Programme said on Tuesday. WFP surveys showed an estimated 98 per cent of Afghans are not eating enough, with seven in 10 […]
Updated: Indonesian quake rattles residents but only one hurt and minor damage
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage and injuring one person, authorities said. The tsunami warning was lifted about two hours after the quake struck at 0320 GMT in the Flores Sea, […]
The Interview: Daniel Wordsworth, CEO of World Vision Australia
A year since he took the reins at World Vision Australia, Daniel Wordsworth speaks with DAVID ADAMS about the challenges World Vision has faced during the pandemic, the concept of ‘belief fatigue’, and how his job is about bringing the Kingdom of God to Earth now…
Pope says he’ll meet with French sex abuse commission
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis agreed Monday to meet with the commission that published a ground-breaking report into clergy sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church and, separately, expressed “sadness” over the sudden downfall of the Archbishop of Paris, according to French bishops who met with him. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops […]
Omicron poses “very high” risk but data on severity limited
Geneva, Switzerland/Frankfurt, GermanyReuters The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a “very high” global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity is limited, the World Health Organization says. Considerable uncertainties surround Omicron, first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong, whose […]
Afghan orchestra finds hope in Portugal as music dies in homeland
Lisbon, PortugalReuters When the Taliban seized power, Afghan musicians knew their futures were in jeopardy. Conductor Shogufa Safi, 18, escaped. Now in Portugal, her new home, she feels safe but her dream is to return one day and bring music back to her country’s streets. “I haven’t had peace in my life yet,” an emotional […]