Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills nine; 50 missing
Updated: 8:15am, 4th April, 2024 (AEDT) Hualien, Taiwan Reuters Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park were missing. Some buildings tilted at precarious angles in the mountainous, sparsely populated county of […]
White House directs NASA to create time standard for the Moon
Washington DC, US Reuters The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the Moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing lunar race among nations and private companies. The head of the White House Office of Science […]
One of the oldest books in existence expected to fetch over $US2.6 million at auction
New York City, US Reuters A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will go up for auction in June in London. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex – written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first […]
The Episcopal Church announces four candidates for presiding bishop
United States RNS Four candidates have been selected to stand for election as the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the denomination’s highest office. The nominees include Bishop J Scott Barker of the Diocese of Nebraska, Bishop Daniel GP Gutiérrez of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Bishop Sean Rowe of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania […]
StrangeSights: Companies, organisations, having a laugh on April Fool’s Day; Laerke gets a check-up; and, Berliners brave the chill for Good Friday dip
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
At least 12 killed, 15 children missing in South Sudan attack
Juba, South Sudan Reuters Youths attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials said on Tuesday, as local conflicts continued to increase ahead of elections late this year. A civil war from 2013-18 caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and although the main […]
Russian missile attack in Ukraine’s Dnipro injures 18, governor says, as Ukraine lowers draft age to 25
Reuters A Russian missile attack on Tuesday damaged an educational facility in Ukraine’s city of Dnipro and injured 18 people, local authorities said. Emergency workers stand in a front of a building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on 2nd April, 2024. PICTURE: Reuters/Mykola Synelnykov Twelve people […]
In the US, Bruce Frank, former SBC abuse taskforce leader, joins crowded SBC presidential race
United States RNS A North Carolina pastor who championed sex abuse reforms in the Southern Baptist Convention plans to run for president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Bruce Frank, longtime pastor of Biltmore Church in Asheville, announced on Tuesday that he would allow his name to be placed for nomination at the SBC’s annual […]
Ukraine invites citizens to register wartime damage
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Ukrainians can begin filing claims for damages they have suffered in Russia’s invasion at a newly-established register based in The Hague, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday. The register will initially focus on damage to real estate but should be expanded to also include other kinds of material […]
Churches at risk: In the UK, National Churches Trust launch campaign calling for action to protect historic places of worship
ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on efforts to conserve England’s religious heritage…