Life’s Tough Questions: Should I give money to beggars?
Recently confronted while in Melbourne by someone holding a sign saying they were “hungry, poor and alone”, Compassion Australia’s MICHAEL CAUCHI looks at our response to those asking for our help…
Indonesia’s only Christian governor questioned by police amid ‘blasphemy’ furore
World Watch Monitor The only Christian governor in Indonesia is being investigated by police as a suspect in a blasphemy case, amid on-going calls from Muslim groups for his imprisonment. Investigators questioned the Governor of Jakarta, Barsuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok”, for eight hours at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta last week. […]
Number of children living “under siege” in Syria doubles to almost 500,000 in less than a year
The number of children living “under siege” in Syria has more than doubled in less than a year to almost 500,000, says UNICEF. Anthony Lake, the child-focused organisation’s executive director, said children are being killed and injured, and are “too afraid to go to school or even play, surviving with little food and hardly any […]
Essay: Advertising authorities over-protect our children
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, says political correctness has gone too far in “hyper-nurturing” our children…