More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador, HRW says
San Salvador, El Salvador Reuters More than 60 children in El Salvador have been arbitrarily detained, tortured and beaten since the government declared a state of emergency over two years ago to combat gangs, a report by the Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Police and soldiers have detained 3,319 children and teenagers from March […]
Visitors uncover Black Brazilian past of Sao Paulo’s Japanese neighbourhood
Sao Paulo, Brazil Reuters São Paulo’s Liberdade neighbourhood, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, is renowned for its Asian-style architecture, restaurants and public lighting resembling paper lanterns. Thousands of tourists enjoy the area’s cuisine and culture, often unaware of the neighbourhood’s Black history. People walk during a tour of Liberdade neighbourhood, to learn […]
Helpdesk: Seven ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader when the news is shocking
H COLLEEN SINCLAIR, associate research professor of social psychology at Louisiana State University, provides some tips on how to avoid becoming part of the problem in these fraught times…
We fact-checked some of the rumours spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt
Reuters Misinformation and conspiracy theories were spreading online after an assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was alleged to have shot at the Republican presidential candidate from a rooftop during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounding Trump’s right ear. One spectator died and […]
Yemen’s Houthis target three vessels, including oil tanker, in Red, Mediterranean seas
Reuters Yemen’s Houthis targeted three vessels, including an oil tanker, in the Red and Mediterranean seas with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats, they said on Monday. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the latest Houthi military operations were a response to the Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on […]
Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican convention, names Vance as running mate
Updated: 2:20pm (AEST) Milwaukee, US Reuters Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his right ear. Trump walked into the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee with a thick bandage […]
Population in England and Wales rises by most in 75 years
London, UK Reuters Record immigration caused the population of England and Wales to rise by 610,000 to 60.9 million in mid-2023, the largest annual increase in 75 years, official data showed on Monday. What statisticians term ‘natural’ population growth – the difference between births and deaths – fell to just 400, the lowest since 1978, […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy eyes second summit in November, says Russia should attend
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he aimed to have a plan ready in November to enable Kyiv to hold a second international summit on his vision of peace in Ukraine, and he said representatives of Russia should attend. Ukraine hosted delegations from 92 countries at a first summit in Switzerland last […]
Rwandans vote “smoothly” in election; Kagame in early lead
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Rwandans lined up on Monday to elect their next president, with early results putting incumbent Paul Kagame in the lead in a vote widely expected to give him a fourth term and extend his near quarter century in charge of the East African country. The two men standing against him – Frank […]
Christian maturity
Biblical scholar Dallas Willard was once asked, “what is a sign of Christian maturity?” His answer, “Mature Christians are very hard to offend.” I love that, what a challenge in today’s world of offence! Standing on the rock. PICTURE: Joshua Earle/Unsplash Mature Christians are anchored in their identity in Christ, and, therefore, secure in their […]