In pictures – spiritual, material mix at Greek mid-August feast
Kea, Greece AP Blending the spiritual with the material, mid-August marks the high point of Greece’s summer season that attracts crowds of city-dwellers back to their ancestral villages. The 15th August feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary is a major religious event coupled with festivals, known as “panigiria”, that can last more than […]
Essay: Ukraine war prompts Baltic states to remove Soviet memorials
Russian and East European studies scholar DMITRIJS ANDREJEVS looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at why Baltic states are removing Soviet memorials…
This Life: Praise Yahweh from the Earth
SAMANTHA ELLEY suggests we take a “leaf” out of the books of nature when it comes to praising the Lord…
WHO chief: ‘Colour of skin’ may be why Tigray crisis not getting attention
London, UKReuters The World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid to the plight of civilians in Ethiopia’s war-shattered Tigray region. Calling it the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, with six million people unable to access basic services, Tedros questioned in an […]
Ukrainians at nuclear plant work under Russian guns, says technician; Ukraine carries out emergency drills
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian technicians at the Russian-held nuclear power plant hit by shelling work under the barrels of Russian guns and face huge pressure, but they are staying on to make sure there is no Chernobyl-style disaster, one of them said. The technician, who asked that his identity not be disclosed for fear of Russian […]