“Torturous” heat: Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India where experts warn lack of access to cooling tech like AC, fridges and fans will cost lives and livelihoods…
One war, two worlds: Ukraine neighbours face shelling with defiance or despair
Slatyne, Ukraine Reuters The only 10 residents left in the Commune, an apartment complex in the eastern Ukraine town of Slatyne, share the hardships of Russia’s invasion, from relentless shellfire and exploding rounds to a lack of power and running water. But the inhabitants of two of the blocks, which sit barely 100 metres apart across an overgrown […]
Essay: War crimes trial of Russian soldier was perfectly legal – but that doesn’t make it wise
ROBERT GOLDMAN, professor of law at American University and the president of the International Commissions of Jurists, says conducting a war crimes trial during active hostilities, and by a civilian court, is not normal…
Banned from Communion in San Francisco, Pelosi receives Eucharist in Washington
Washington DC, US RNS Two days after Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco announced he would bar her from receiving the Eucharist in her home city due to her stance on abortion rights, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly received the sacrament at a Catholic church in the nation’s capital. According to Politico’s Playbook, Pelosi received […]
Postcards: ‘Praying the Keeills’ on the Isle of Man
ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on an ancient tradition taking part this week on the Isle of Man…
In the US, Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers
United States AP A blistering report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly accessible database of pastors and other church personnel known to be abusers. The creation of an “Offender Information System” was one of the key […]