Ukrainians taught about artificial limbs in Germany to help war wounded
Duderstadt, Germany Reuters Denys Kryvenko was among Ukrainian soldiers retreating from the eastern city of Bakhmut in October when Russian shells hit. The 24-year-old woke up in hospital with a missing arm and leg: glad to be alive but unsure if he would ever walk again. Ukrainian patient Denys from Kropyvnytskyi puts on his prosthetic […]
Essay: Good Friday Agreement – the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British Government that made peace possible
In an article published on The Conversation, NIALL Ó DOCHARTAIGH, professor of political science at the University of Galway, looks at the role a back-channel of communication played in the peace process…
Postcards: UK bishop takes on different role in Easter passion play
ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on how John Inge, the Church of England’s Bishop of Worcester, played the “bad thief” in an Easter passion play…
Italy’s coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea
Milan, Italy Reuters The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend. One of the boats, which is carrying 400 people and is in the Ionian […]
Can a teacher put John 3:16 in email signature? In the US, one school district says no; her lawyers say yes
United StatesRNS Attorneys for a Virginia high school teacher are challenging school officials for requiring the teacher to remove a Bible verse from the signature of her work email messages. Until the recent directive, the teacher had for years, since the time she was hired by the district, included John 3:16 – “For God so […]