UN aid chief calls for immediate release of hostages in Israel-Hamas war
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the United Nations humanitarian relief agency on Tuesday called for the immediate release of all people who have been taken hostage in the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election
Reuters Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said last week, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the US presidential election in November, 2020. The social media giant is introducing a “confirmed organisation” label for US political advertisers who show government-issued credentials to […]
White House expands birth control exemptions for employers with religious objections
RNS The Trump administration has issued new rules it says will “provide conscience protections for Americans who have a religious or moral objection to health insurance that covers contraception methods.” The final rules follow interim regulations issued a little more than a year ago by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury […]
GENESIS – CHAOS/ORDER
The early chapters of Genesis are some of the most profound and overlooked in Western literature – let’s rediscover them. Bringing order out of chaos. PICTURE: NASA/Unsplash One of the primary claims of Genesis is that life was made possible when order came from chaos. The world was chaotic, but God spoke days, times, rules, […]