UN Secretary-General warns world “not on track” to limiting temperature rise to 1.5 per cent – TVNZ
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the world was “not on track” to limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 per cent, TVNZ reported on Sunday, during his visit to New Zealand. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres signs the WTO’s golden book, next to Director-General of the World Trade Organization Roberto Azevedo, prior the UN Secretary-General […]
New Zealand mosque attack death toll rises to 51 after Turkish man dies in hospital
Ankara, Turkey, and Wellington, New Zealand Reuters A Turkish citizen who was wounded during deadly attacks at two mosques in New Zealand on 15th March has died, Turkish and New Zealand officials said on Thursday, lifting the death toll from the shooting to 51. “We have unfortunately lost our citizen…who was critically wounded in the […]
ESSAY: IN QUÉBEC, CHRISTIAN LIBERALISM BECOMES THE RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
In an article first published on The Conversation, HANNAH DICK, of Canada’s Carleton University, looks at a proposed new “secularism law” in the Canadian province of Québec…
New Australia law threatens social media firms with fines, jail over violent content
CanberraReuters Australia will fine social media companies up to 10 per cent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not removed “expeditiously” under a new law passed by the country’s parliament on Thursday. The new law is in response to a lone gunman attack on […]
SIGHT-SEEING: LENT IS A SEASON OF STUBBORN HOPE
In an article published on Religion News Service KATE BOWLER, associate professor at Duke Divinity School in the US, says Lent is the right time to sit with “darker truths”…
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Australian singers send “outpouring of love” in wake of New Zealand terror attack
Andrew Tierney (right) was among those Australian artists who joined in expressing their love in the wake of the New Zealand terror attacks. Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
Death toll from Christchurch terror attack now at 50
The death toll from Friday’s terrorist attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch has been confirmed at 50. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the death toll was revised after all of the victims were removed from the mosques. He said number of injured was also 50. More than 30 of them […]
World church leaders join chorus of voices expressing grief, horror, and solidarity with victims in wake of New Zealand terror attack
World church leaders have joined the chorus of voices from around the world in expressing their grief and horror – and solidarity with the Muslim victims – following a terror attack involving two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday. Forty-nine people have been confirmed killed after mass shootings took place at […]
Updated: Forty-nine people confirmed killed in terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand
Last update: 7:15pmForty-nine people have been killed and more than 20 seriously injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand with multiple fatalities reported. Police Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed 49 people died in attacks, 41 at the Masjid Al Noor mosque, located in the city centre opposite Hagley Park, and […]
CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE: CATHEDRAL STILL IN GOOD HEART
In an article first published on New Zealand’s Anglican Taongawebsite, BRIAN THOMAS writes of how he found congregants of the ruined ChristChurch Cathedral still “worshipping with gusto” last Sunday…