Militants’ bodies left to rot for years, in symbol of Libya’s disarray
Misrata, LibyaReuters Hundreds of bodies of Islamic State fighters killed in battle years ago are rotting in food freezers outside a Libyan city while authorities work out what to do with them, a grim reminder of the disarray a failed election was meant to address. Stored in a dusty corner of a compound southeast of Misrata, […]
Bodies float down Ganges as nearly 4,000 more die of COVID in India
Lucknow, IndiaReuters Scores of bodies are washing up on the banks of the Ganges as Indians fail to keep pace with the deaths and cremations of around 4,000 people a day from the novel coronavirus. India currently accounts for one in three of the reported deaths from coronavirus around the world, according to a Reuters […]
After death: First human-composting funeral home in US is now open in the state of Washington
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the opening of the first human-composting funeral home in Washington and the push for the practice, controversial for some, to be legalised in California…
Essay: It’s time to face the collective grief of COVID-19
In an article first published by Religion News Service, ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND, author of the forthcoming book ‘Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond Fear’, argues for the importance of acknowledging our grief in the current crisis…
“Global ring” involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck, court told
Chelmsford, UKReuters A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking. The discovery of the bodies last week in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate near London has […]