Postcards: Preservationists seek to acquire beloved Hollywood home to cloistered nuns
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on efforts to preserve an LA monastery…
Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan amid COVID-19 fears
Tokyo, JapanReuters An online petition in Japan calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has garnered more than 200,000 signatures in the past few days, as public concerns mount over holding the Games in a pandemic. With less than three months to go before the start of the summer Olympics, already postponed for a […]
Tiny homes seen as big solution to New Zealand housing crisis
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A petition calling for rules on small houses and mobile homes to be eased was submitted to New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday, as residents piled pressure on the government to address a chronic shortage in affordable housing. The country has the highest rate of homelessness among the 36 wealthy nations of […]