Sight Helpdesk: What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence text generator, is being hailed as the future of work, but not everyone is convinced. ADAM SMITH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Children accused of witchcraft find solace in east Congo shelter
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters After Ornella lost several family members within three years, relatives and neighbours in her east Congo village of Kabare began suspecting the 14-year-old girl of witchcraft. The hushed rumours and purifying rituals that ensued prompted one of Ornella’s brothers to take her to the police, concerned about the consequences […]
Eight civilians dead in clash with UN peacekeepers in east Congo – local government
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Eight people were killed and 28 wounded when protesters in east Congo’s North-Kivu province blocked and then set upon a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday, resulting in clashes, the provincial government said on Wednesday. Anti-UN sentiment has risen since a rebel group known as the M23 staged […]
Brazil agencies launch raid against illegal gold miners in Yanomami lands
Boa Vista, Brazil Reuters Brazil’s environmental and Indigenous agencies have launched an enforcement operation in the Amazon rainforest to expel thousands of illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami people, officials said on Wednesday. Armed agents of the government’s environmental protection agency Ibama, deployed by helicopter and motor boat since […]
A changing religious landscape: Evangelicals now outnumber Catholics in three Central American nations – but some question the numbers
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA reports on the changing religious landscape in Central America…
Survey finds a third of Americans are Christian nationalists and most are white evangelicals
United StatesRNS A new survey finds that fewer than a third of Americans, or 29 per cent, qualify as Christian nationalists, and of those, two-thirds define themselves as white evangelicals. The survey of 6,212 Americans by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution is the largest yet to gauge the size and scope of Christian […]
Essay: Biden calls for assault weapon ban – but does focus on military-style guns and mass shootings undermine his message?
In an article first published on The Conversation, US political science scholars MELISSA K MERRY and AARON SMITH-WALTER argue Biden’s focus on high-profile mass shootings and the role of assault weapons over other firearms helps explain why so many Americans feel gun laws are doomed to fail…
Turkey leader acknowledges earthquake relief problems as death toll passes 12,000
Updated: 11:15am (AEST)Kahramanmaras/Antakya, Turkey Reuters President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday admitted there were problems with his government’s initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey, amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams. Erdogan, who contests an election in May, said on a visit to the disaster […]