US condemns Myanmar arrest, detention of Kachin Baptist leader
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Thursday condemned the Myanmar military authorities’ arrest and detention of a Christian religious leader and called for his immediate release and for all charges against him to be dropped. Reverend Hkalam Samson is the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, an organisation based in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state representing […]
Conversations: Steve Cuss, anxiety management expert
US-based anxiety management expert Steve Cuss believes anxiety is one of the great challenges Christian leaders face. Cuss, who is partnering with Baptist World Aid to deliver a series of workshops for Christian leaders in Australia, spoke with DAVID ADAMS…
Pope nationalises Vatican assets, property in new reform
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis has essentially nationalised all assets and property owned by Vatican departments and affiliated institutions, declaring them to be sovereign patrimony owned by the Holy See and not any individual or office. The action outlined in a new law published Thursday marks Francis’ latest initiative to centralise Vatican assets so they […]
Ukraine defends front, Putin talks up nuclear arsenal on war anniversary eve
Kyiv/Near Bakhmut Reuters Ukraine said its forces had repelled Russian assaults along the length of the front line on Thursday on the eve of the war’s anniversary, as President Vladimir Putin, empty-handed after a bloody winter offensive, talked up Russia’s nuclear arsenal. After a series of strident speeches in the runup to the anniversary of […]
Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence
GazaReuters Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes in a cross-border exchange on Thursday, after 11 Palestinians were killed a day earlier during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, renewing concerns of a broader escalation. Mediation efforts were under way by Egypt and the United Nations to calm the situation, […]
Turkey steps up rebuilding plans as quake toll nears 50,000
Antakya, TurkeyReuters Turkey has stepped up plans to house victims of the devastating earthquake which struck its border region with Syria, the interior minister said, as the combined death toll in the two countries crept towards 50,000. Suleyman Soylu said 313,000 tents had been erected, with 100,000 container homes to be installed in the disaster […]
Mudslide disrupts rescue of 53 missing in China mine collapse
Beijing, ChinaReuters A mudslide has disrupted rescue operations at a coal mine collapse in China’s Inner Mongolia region that killed at least two people, injured six and left more than 53 people missing, state media reported on Thursday. The collapse happened on Wednesday at an open-pit mine in the Alxa League operated by Xinjing Coal […]
A Sustainable Life: Households find low waste living challenging. Here’s what needs to change
Researchers ROB RAVEN, DAVID O REYNOLDS, JO LINDSAY and RUTH LANE look at what their data shows about how Australians engage with low waste living…
In the US, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod president calls for excommunicating white nationalists
United StatesRNS The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has called for the excommunication of unrepentant white supremacists in the church’s ranks, rebuking an extremist effort to exert influence within the conservative Lutheran denomination. In a letter dated 21st February, LCMS President Matthew Harrison said he was “shocked to learn recently that a few members of LCMS […]
On the Screen: ‘Missing’ a twisted tale of digital sleuthing
DAVID ADAMS watches a film set entirely in the digital world…