Life and death in shattered Mariupol – a survivor’s tale of war in Ukraine
Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine Reuters Shells were exploding nearby but Tatiana Bushlanova didn’t flinch when she spoke to Reuters in front of the shattered remains of her home in Mariupol last May. Fighting in the port city has long since ended but the pensioner is still struggling to take in the enormity of what has happened. […]
Most parts of world saw maternal mortality rates spike in 2020
Reuters Maternal mortality rates climbed or stagnated in nearly all regions across the world in 2020, according to a report released by UN agencies on Wednesday, marking a major setback in global efforts to combat complications during childbirth or pregnancy. The report, which tracks maternal mortality nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, showed […]
Tunisia detains more dissidents amid growing crackdown
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Tunisian police detained two prominent dissidents and surrounded the home of a third on Wednesday, part of an escalating crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, who has labelled his opponents traitors and criminals. The arrests, along with others this month, have targeted some of Saied’s most important critics along with other […]
Ukrainian churches call for a day of prayer to mark war anniversary
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has called for a day of fasting and prayer on 24th February to mark a year since the start of the war in Ukraine. “We call on all denominations of Ukraine to declare and hold a national fast and prayer in their religious communities on February 24 […]
Memoir: Beth Moore tries to untangle her ‘all knotted-up life’ in new memoir
In a tender, gracious and at times heartbreaking new book, the beloved Bible teacher and former Southern Baptist recalls the people and the God who saved her from the chaos of her childhood. BOB SMIETANA reports…
Friends, family mourn Bucha victim who became symbol of Ukraine’s year-long war
Bucha, Ukraine/Vilnius, Lithuania Reuters The brightly painted nails were what gave the identity of the body away. Iryna Filkina was 52 when she was killed in the first days of the war in Ukraine. Svitlana Safonova, 60, visit the grave of her sister Iryna Filkina, 52, along with Iryna’s partner Anatoliy Shchyruk in Bucha, outside […]
Essay: The long strange trip of Lonnie Frisbee
In an article first published on Religion News Service, GREG LAURIE – US pastor, author and producer of the new biopic ‘Jesus Revolution’, says Lonnie was the face and a catalysing force of the Jesus Movement that rippled through the late 1960s and early 1970s…