“My soul hurts”: In occupied south Ukraine, some fear a return to Soviet times under Russia
TOM BALMFORTH and STEFANIIA BERN, of Reuters, report on Russia’s bid to bind Ukraine’s Kherson region to Moscow….
Looking to reduce landfill, UK churches offer repair services
Norwich, United Kingdom Mending leaf blowers, vacuum cleaners, repairing rips in trousers are not tasks that you would normally associate with a church. At Meon Valley Methodist Church in Hampshire, this is exactly what is happening. Environmentally-friendly church members decided to see what they could do to reduce the amount of broken portable domestic items […]
Essay: Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds
In an article first published on The Conversation, WANDILE SIHLOBO, a senior fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, looks at what the deal between Ukraine and Russia signed last week means…
This Life: Set your heart on things above
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, says living a simple life leads us to the very throne of our Heavenly Father…
US preacher, wife robbed of $US1 million in jewellery during sermon – NYPD
New York City, USAP A preacher known for his close friendship with New York City’s mayor was robbed of more than $US1 million worth of jewellery Sunday by armed bandits who crashed his Brooklyn church service, just as he was sermonising about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity, police said. Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, […]
Poor in India can dream, says its first tribal President
Langley, British ColumbiaReuters India’s first President from a marginalised tribal community, Droupadi Murmu, said on Monday after being sworn in that her election was an “achievement of every poor person in the country”. Murmu’s elevation to India’s highest constitutional post has been seen as an important gesture of goodwill by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to […]