- Details
- BEH LIH YI
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Singapore became the latest city to target electronic scooters on Tuesday, when a ban on riding the devices loved by commuters but loathed by pedestrians took effect.
E-scooters have become a common sight on city streets from Berlin to Paris, but they
- Details
- Emma Thomasson
A New Zealand estate planning company, which made headlines when it trialled a four-day week last year, has seen a big productivity increase since it made the change permanent, with staff spending less time surfing the internet.
Perpetual Guardian tried cutting working hours to 30 from 37.5
- Details
- A CORRESPONDENT
Juba, South Sudan
Morning Star News
In another sign that Islamist elements hostile to Christianity in Sudan could be reined in, the Minister of Religious Affairs has reiterated that Christian properties confiscated under the previous regime would be returned.
Acknowledging that Christians were persecuted and endured “very bad
- Details
- FABIO TEIXEIRA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Europe must press Brazil to end killings of Indigenous people by refusing to sign off on a major trade deal, a community leader said on Monday after a young member of the country's protected Guajajara tribe was shot dead by illegal
- Details
- David Adams
The World Council of Churches has denounced the use of "excessive violence" by security forces in Iraq against anti-government protestors following the deaths of hundreds over the past month.
Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, addressed the escalating violence in the nation in comments
- Details
- CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ
Vatican City
RNS
In a book of interviews published Tuesday, Pope Francis discussed his vision for a missionary church and criticised groups that discriminate against other cultures and view them as unworthy of receiving the Gospel.
“There are circles and sectors that present themselves as ilustrados (enlightened) - they sequester
- Details
- NITA BHALLA
Nairobi, Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation
More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood, new government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities pledged to meet a global goal of universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030.
The health risks were
- Details
- Valerie Volcovici
- Details
- NITA BHALLA
Nairobi, Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The results of Kenya's first census to recognise intersex people are a "big win" for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released on Monday, expressing hopes it would lead to more progressive policies.
Kenya became the first African nation and one
Open Doors US hopes videos of Christian leaders praying for the persecuted will encourage others to do the same
- Details
- David Adams
US Christian leaders ranging from Southern Baptist Convention President DJ Greear to Sojourner's founder Jim Wallis and Bill Johnson, senior leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California, appear in a new series of prayer videos released by persecuted church advocacy Open Doors.
The videos feature the leaders praying for
- Details
- David Adams
The dean of theology and religion at South Africa's University of Pretoria and a director of an English ecumenical organisation have been named as the two candidates to replace Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as the next general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
- Details
- YONAT SHIMRON
- Details
- BOB SMIETANA
- Details
- MATT BLOMBERG
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia could face exploitation if proposed EU trade sanctions cause major fashion brands to downsize there, labour rights activists have warned.
The garment industry is Cambodia's largest employer and generates $US7 billion annually, but it
- Details
- COLIN PACKHAM
Sydney
Reuters
The heaviest rains in years have fallen across parts of Australia's east coast, bringing relief to some struggling livestock farmers, although the showers are not likely to break a drought that has crippled the country's grains sector.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said some parts of the
