New IAEA complaint about anti-personnel mines in Russian-held nuclear plant
Reuters The UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday it had found anti-personnel mines in an area of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine and complained for the second month running that this violated safety procedures. The plant, Europe’s largest nuclear facility, was seized in the first days of Russia’s invasion last year. Ukraine […]
At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar
Dakar, SenegalReuters At least 15 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal’s capital Dakar on Monday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Monday. The incident occurred offshore from one of the country’s popular beaches in the Ouakam area in the early hours of Monday. Locals remove fuel containers from […]
Read to your kids
Being married to a teacher and, as a parent, I can tell you one of the simplest things you can do with your children, that will have the biggest impact on their schooling. Are you ready? PICTURE: Picsea/Unsplash Read to them, every night. Doesn’t really matter what you read, but a children’s Bible is a classic. […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital – military sources
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al-Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al-Qaeda-linked group from […]
Church and politics: Some critics see Trump’s behaviour as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the continuing appeal of the former President to many evangelical and conservative Christians in the US…
In the US, Yeshiva University adds a master’s program in Jewish studies for Christians
United StatesRNS Yeshiva University has launched a master’s degree program intended specifically for Christian students who want to learn more about Judaism, part of a growing number of academic collaborations at US Christian and Jewish schools that draw students of different faiths. The Hebraic Studies Program for Christian Students began this summer as a partnership […]
Essay: The abuse of Christian women in Manipur tells a tragic story of the new India
Archbishop JOSEPH D’SOUZA, Archbishop of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church of India, president of the All India Christian Council, and founder of Dignity Freedom Network, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service, that Indian authorities are ignoring attacks by radicalised Hindus on Christians…
Wow!: From pixels to pails, crowdfunded wells quench thirst in Senegal’s drylands
NGOUDA DIONE, of Reuters, reports on how builder and fundraiser Mamadou Diakhate is using the internet to fund wells in communities lacking water…
Sudanese general warns Kenya against sending peacekeepers
Cairo, EgyptReuters A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day war in Sudan in a video released on Monday, drawing sharp criticism from Kenyan authorities. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces it is fighting have received multiple international mediation offers, […]
Russia attacks Danube grain export route vital for Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River in a drone attack on Monday, targeting a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding air campaign that Moscow began last week after quitting the Black Sea grain deal. Last week’s attacks mostly struck the sea ports of Odesa but Monday’s pre-dawn strikes […]