Updated: Pope apologises to Canadian Indigenous for wrongs at residential schools
Updated: 11:15amVatican CityReuters Pope Francis issued a historic apology to Canadian Indigenous peoples on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools that sought to erase their cultures and where many children suffered abuse and were buried in unmarked graves. Francis, in an address to native leaders after meetings with delegates from various […]
Hong Kong Government “strongly opposes” UK, US report on city’s diminishing freedoms
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong’s government said on Friday it rejected “unfounded and ridiculous” allegations made in policy reports from Britain and the United States of a deteriorating political and legal situation due to the city’s sweeping national security law. The United States and Britain released strongly-worded reports on Thursday detailing concerns about an erosion of […]
On the Screen: ‘Morbius’, a “half-baked and predictable” venture back into the Spider-Verse…
MARCUS CHEONG watches ‘Morbius’, the next chapter in the Spider-Man Universe…
Snapshot: Smiling faces in Papua New Guinea
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Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as anti-Semitism monitor in late-night Senate vote
RNS After an eight-month delay, noted anti-Semitism scholar Deborah Lipstadt was confirmed by the US Senate to be special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, in a late-night voice vote Wednesday. The Senate vote was required because the position was recently elevated to the rank of ambassador. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved […]
Migrants stuck in Mexico hopeful US will lift COVID-era expulsion policy at border
Reynosa, MexicoReuters News the United States is poised to end a pandemic-related border expulsion policy is buoying hopes of thousands of migrants who have waited months in Mexico for a chance to seek asylum in the United States. US health officials are set to announce plans this week to terminate the order, known as Title […]
UN peacekeepers deployed to north-eastern Mali amid spate of killings
Bamako, Mali Reuters The United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali has deployed two units to the African country’s tri-border area with Burkina Faso and Niger to respond to a spate of civilian killings, it said on Thursday. A surge in attacks since early March by an Islamic State affiliate has left hundreds of civilians dead, […]
Scientists publish the first complete human genome
Washington DC, USReuters Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world’s 7.9 billion people. Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was then billed as the complete sequence of the human […]
The Interview: Author Lee Strobel on his own brush with death and the new film ‘Case for Heaven’
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with author Lee Strobel about his latest book, ‘The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death’, and the documentary based upon it…
Minority faiths at risk if Russia wins, says US Ukrainian Archbishop
RNS The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began. Groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of […]