“Occupied and empowered”: Zimbabwe’s women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
FARAI SHAWN MATIASHE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that the Akashinga unit offers a rare chance for poor and marginalised women, like school drop outs and abuse survivors, to build a career and protect nature…
Jesus saved Beth Moore’s life. Twitter blew it up. A new memoir will tell the story.
RNS For the past few years, Bible teacher and best-selling author Beth Moore has been one tweet away from disaster. Moore, perhaps the best-known ex-Southern Baptist in the country, will recount her Twitter battles, her split with her former denomination and, more importantly, her lifelong journey with Jesus, in a new memoir titled All My […]
Essay: Space Blocs – the future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth
SVETLA BEN-ITZHAK, of Air University in the US, looks at how cooperation between nations in space is changing, spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine…
Postcards: Penthouses in North Korea are mainly for the unfortunate few
SUNGHYUK AN, YENI SEO and JOSH SMITH, of Reuters, report…
Pope names new Paris archbishop after predecessor’s resignation
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis has named Archbishop Laurent Ulrich to be the new head of the Roman Catholic Church in Paris, five months after the previous archbishop resigned over reports of a relationship with a woman. Laurent, 70, has been archbishop of the French city of Lille since 2008. The Vatican announced his appointment […]
US Jewish civil rights group reports record tally of anti-Semitic incidents in 2021
College Park, Maryland, US AP A Jewish civil rights organisation’s annual tally of anti-Semitic incidents in the US reached a record high last year, with a surge that coincided with an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group, according to a report released Tuesday. The Anti-Defamation League counted 2,717 anti-Semitic incidents of assault, […]