Patriarch says Russians who don’t serve country are “internal enemies”
Reuters The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church on Tuesday branded Russians who fail to serve their country as “internal enemies” and described patriotism as the “greatest virtue”, the RIA state news agency reported. Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and has strongly backed the war in Ukraine, in which tens […]
Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official as Trump fight looms
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid on Tuesday with a promise to protect American liberties from “extremists” linked to former President Donald Trump, who he beat in 2020 and might face again in 2024. Joe Biden announces his bid for re-election. PICTURE: Video screenshot via Reuters. Biden made his announcement […]
Sudan lab seizure poses biohazard risk during lull in battles
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Fighting in Sudan eased on Tuesday and more foreigners and locals fled the capital Khartoum, where marauding combatants created what a UN agency said was a “high risk of biological hazard” by seizing a laboratory. The World Health Organization said one of the warring parties had taken control of a national health […]
Zimbabwe clamps down on ‘backyard brewers’ as fake booze booms
Harare, ZimbabweReuters Inside a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe’s most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool as he pours a brownish liquid into small bottles. An alcoholic stench fills the room. A person holds out a bottle at an informal brewing facility that makes fake whisky, brandy, […]
Books: Exploring the (sometimes fraught) relationship between churches and parachurches
DAVID ADAMS reads ‘The Vine Movement’…
New US study suggests thinking about God can make people more generous to outsiders
United StatesRNS Religion is often seen as a source of conflict – giving insiders a source of community and support while drawing boundaries against outsiders. A new study suggests religion can also prompt people to be generous to outsiders, even those from groups they distrust. PICTURE: Igal Ness/Unsplash/Creative Commons For the study, entitled Thinking About […]
Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people’s Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. She is among six 2023 winners from different parts of the globe to win the prize for achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists awarded […]
Tunisia finds 70 drowned migrants, morgues running out of space
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Coastguards have pulled the bodies of at least 70 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, where morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in crossings, officials said on Monday. Another two boats sank on Monday near the coastal city of Sfax, Faouzi Masmoudi, a judicial […]
Haitian residents lynch and set fire to suspected gang members
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police said on Monday that at least 10 suspected gang members had been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince. Haitian police spokesperson Gary Desrosiers said the group of armed bandits had been traveling in a vehicle in the capital and that police had intended to arrest them. People carry […]
“How can we also feel safe?”: Cape Town turns to surveillance tech to stop a tide of violence
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that city leaders hope an array of new tech will help deter criminals – but residents warn it’s not a simple fix…