Wow!: How gravity is lightening the load for Nepal’s hard-working rural women
AADESH SUBEDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Nepal on the difference the installation of a gravity-assisted rope-and-cable system has made…
In the US, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory tapped to lead Washington, DC, Catholics
Washington DC RNS Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta has been tapped to head the influential US Archdiocese of Washington, filling a slot left vacant in October after its previous archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, was accused of mishandling cases of sexual abuse by priests during his time in Pittsburgh. Gregory had been widely expected to fill Wuerl’s […]
UN urged to scale up aid as Venezuela crisis deepens
Bogota, Colombia Thomson Reuters Foundation Women and babies are dying in Venezuela and disease is rife amid a collapsed health system and severe food shortages, researchers said on Thursday, urging a large-scale United Nations response. A new report by researchers at Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said UN […]
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 […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Planetshakers look to “keep it fresh”
Planetshakers. Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
Origins: The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table turned 150 last month so we thought we’d take a look at how it came about. DAVID ADAMS reports…
In the US, Ronnie Floyd, Arkansas megachurch pastor, elected to head Southern Baptist executive committee
Nashville, Tennessee RNS Ronnie Floyd, an Arkansas megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president, has been elected to head the denomination’s executive committee. Meeting in Dallas, executive committee trustees approved Floyd’s nomination by a vote of 68-1, according to Baptist Press, the SBC’s official news service. Ronnie Floyd speaks at the opening of the […]
Polluted air to shorten lives by 20 months, researchers say
Thomson Reuters Foundation The life expectancy of a child born today could be reduced by an average of 20 months due to health damage caused by air pollution, researchers said on Wednesday. In South Asia, where air pollution levels are the highest, the life expectancy for children born in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh falls […]
Police investigating death of British Catholic missionary and environmental activist in Peru
Police are investigating the death of a British Catholic missionary and environmental activist after he was found dead in a hostel in Peru. Paul McAuley, a lay brother of the Catholic De La Salle Brothers teaching order, was found dead at the hostel he ran for Indigenous students in the city of Iquitos. The BBC […]
SOUTH AFRICA: “WE FEEL FREE” – CYCLISTS RIDE THROUGH APARTHEID’S SPATIAL DIVIDES
KIM HARRISBERG, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how a cycling initiative is breaking down barriers…