Nepali sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Kathmandu, NepalReuters A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday. Ngima Tashi Sherpa walks as he carries a Malaysian climber while rescuing him from the death zone above camp four […]
NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)Washington DC, USReuters The first public meeting of a NASA panel studying what the government calls “unidentified aerial phenomena,” commonly known as UFOs, kicked off on Wednesday to discuss findings since its formation last year. The 16-member body, assembling experts from fields ranging from physics to astrobiology, was formed last June to examine […]
US-Mexico border: Women of Welcome looks to evangelical women to change the conversation on immigration
Research has shown evangelical women are more supportive than their male counterparts of policies impacting immigrants and refugees. EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
Turkey’s Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise
Ankara, TurkeyReuters President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise as conflict lingers on in neighbouring Syria. Erdogan, long seen as an ally by Syrian opponents of […]
Essay: Can Pope Francis bring peace to Ukraine?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the Pope’s refusal to cheer either side in this war gives him credibility as mediator…
India’s IT hub Bengaluru may need $US339 million to fix drainage, avoid flooding – report
Bengalaru, IndiaReuters India’s Bengaluru city may need nearly 28 billion rupees ($US339 million) to restore a drainage network damaged by unfettered urbanisation as repeated floods threaten to disrupt work and life in the IT hub, a report said. Traffic moves through a water-logged road following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India, on 5th September, 2022. PICTURE: […]
Conversations: Stefan Smart, actor and storyteller
ANGELA YOUNGMAN speaks with the former UK school teacher about why he’s taken up performing a one-man dramatic retelling of the Gospel of Mark, his passion for the Gospel story and how it’s impacted his own faith…
Drop in Eastern European anti-Semitism may be due to Zelenskiy effect – survey
United StatesRNS A new survey measuring anti-Semitic attitudes across 10 European countries includes a surprising – and welcome – finding. In the Eastern European countries of Hungary, Poland, Ukraine and Russia, where pernicious stereotypes of Jews have historically been higher, there was a marked decrease in antisemitic attitudes since 2019, when the survey was last fielded. Ukrainian […]