Europe must act now or risk tougher COVID measures later – WHO official
London, UK Reuters European nations must accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back mask wearing to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by an Omicron offshoot and avoid stricter measures later in the year, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge […]
“Our losses cannot be justified”: Wasted water saps battle against Italy’s worst drought in decades
CRISPIAN BALMER and ANGELO AMANTE, of Reuters, report on how ageing infrastructure and leaky pipes in Italy is exacerbating the lack of water in the midst of one of the worst droughts in living memory…
Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time PM voted president
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lanka’s parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be able to pull the island out of its worst economic and political crisis since independence in 1948. But a win for acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, one of the main two contenders but opposed by […]
Essay: Religious liberty has a long and messy history in the US – and there is a reason Americans feel strongly about it
In an article published on The Conversation, religious liberty scholars JAMES HUDNUT-BEUMLER and JAMES P BYRD look at the tumultuous history of religious liberty in the US…
Postcards: Amid COVID shutdowns, Chinese women flock to skateboarding
MARTIN QUIN POLLARD, of Reuters, reports from Beijing on a new trend…
Memphis pastor is second UMC clergy killed in US this year
United StatesRNS United Methodist Church leaders are asking for prayers as they mourn the death of Rev Autura Eason-Williams, who church leaders say was shot Monday afternoon in a carjacking outside of her Memphis, Tennessee, home. The death of Eason-William, who was the superintendent for the Metro District in the denomination’s Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference as […]
New Vatican policy orders foreign investment accounts closed
Reuters The Vatican on Tuesday issued an overarching investments policy to ensure they are ethical, green, low-risk, and avoid weapons industries or health sectors involved in abortion, contraception or embryonic stem cells. The guidelines order Vatican departments to close their investment accounts or stock holdings in foreign banks, including in Italy, and transfer them to […]