Food security: Zimbabwe’s drought-hit farmers fear hunger after poor maize harvest
BUSANI BAFANA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state have raised fears of food insecurity…
More Australians nominate ‘no religion’ in latest census, a declining number identify as Christians
Sydney, Australia The results of the 2021 census were released in late June. One of the most discussed findings was a rise in the number of Australians who declared themselves as belonging to the category “no religion”, along with a fall in those responding as “Christian”. According to the census results, Christian identification declined from 52 per […]
Essay: Scottish independence – what has changed since the last referendum
In an article first published on The Conversation, MURRAY LEITH, professor of political science at the University of the West of Scotland, examines the context for the latest call for a referendum on Scotland’s independence…
Updated: Denmark in shock as gunman kills three at Copenhagen shopping mall
Updated: 11am (AEST)Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter. The attack rocked Denmark at the end of an otherwise joyful week, just after it […]
Wow!: French soccer tournament celebrates diversity, fights racism
JADE LE DELEY and JEROME PUGMIRE, of Associated Press, report from Creteil in France…
Children among 77 freed from Nigeria church after being held for rapture – police
Abuja, Nigeria AP Police in Nigeria have freed at least 77 people who were kept in a church basement by pastors who preached to them about Christian believers ascending to heaven with the second coming of Jesus Christ, authorities said Sunday. The people rescued Friday night from the church in Ondo state included 23 children, […]
Uzbekistan reports casualties in unrest, opposition says at least five killed
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Sunday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central Asian country, and an exiled opposition politician said at least five people had been killed. Separately, a local government official told an Uzbek news website that thousands of people have been […]