ICC orders record $US56 million compensation for Uganda victims
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of €52 million ($US56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders […]
Catholic women working to change the church take inspiration from female saints
Vatican City RNS Women in key roles at the Vatican and Catholic universities in its close orbit have been leading an effort to raise women’s standing and visibility in church governance, creating a growing network of experts, diplomats and scholars like them around the world. “Today we still have a lot to do to promote […]
Health Insight: Caffeine – here’s how quitting can benefit your health
ADAM TAYLOR, director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre at Lancaster University in the UK, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the impact of caffeine on the body…
US considers airdropping aid into Gaza as land deliveries slow, US official says
Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration is considering airdropping aid from US military planes into Gaza as land deliveries become increasingly difficult, a US official said on Wednesday. Aid is air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on 27th February, 2024. PICTURE: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu […]
Grenfell advocates demand global ban on unsafe cladding after Valencia fire
Madrid, Spain Reuters Hamid Ali Jafari, whose father died in the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London, travelled to the Spanish city of Valencia this week to support those affected by a huge blaze there and urged authorities to act to avoid similar tragedies in the future. “My life has been destroyed,” said 41-year-old Jafari, […]
Britain seeks “urgent reversal” of fall in childhood vaccination rates
London, UK Reuters Britain will on Thursday launch a drive to boost childhood vaccination rates, health authorities said, seeking an “urgent reversal” to a fall in uptake as the country faces a worsening measles outbreak. Routine childhood immunisations in Britain for diseases including measles, mumps and rubella, diphtheria and polio, have been falling gradually over […]
Ukraine needs $US3 billion in financial aid per month in 2024, Kyiv says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine needs about $US3 billion in foreign financial aid on a monthly basis to get through 2024, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges Kyiv faces as US support begins to falter. Marchenko said Ukraine’s macroeconomic stability during the war with Russia had been possible due to a steady […]
US pushes for UN Security Council action to end war in Sudan
United Nations Reuters The United States on Wednesday pushed for the United Nations Security Council to take action to help end a nearly year-long conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The United States says the warring parties have committed war crimes and the RSF and allied militias have […]
‘Trinity’s Triumph’: A new film, written by New Jersey priest, humanises Catholic clergy
While reductive narratives depict priests as perfect heroes or evil villains, said writer and producer Stephen Fichter, truth is more complicated. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
New survey finds pockets of support for Christian nationalism across US
United States RNS A new report released on Wednesday found that roughly three in 10 Americans express some sympathy for Christian nationalism, with its greatest popularity concentrated in the south-east and upper mid-west. The findings appear in a study from the Public Religion Research Institute, which probed public support for Christian nationalism as part of […]