Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico
San Andres Larrainzar, Mexico AP Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm labourers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It was a killing that many say was a tragedy foretold, in a state where drug cartels have caused thousands of people to flee […]
Australian fashion industry failing to ensure workers are paid a living wage says report
Geelong, Australia As many as 89 per cent of fashion brands sold in Australia fail to pay garment workers a living wage, according to the findings of Baptist World Aid Australia’s Ethical Fashion Report. The report – which was released last week – is the 10th of its kind and it reveals slow progress in […]
Indigenous Australian embraces King Charles III at civil rights birthplace
Updated: 9:30am, 23rd October, 2024 (AEDT) Sydney, Australia Reuters Britain’s King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia’s urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra. Charles met Indigenous elders at the National […]
Most of Havana back online as Cuba works to revive power grid
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuba’s power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to most of the capital Havana on Monday even as Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island’s eastern end, downing trees and power lines. Strong winds raked the region as the storm stalled over land, uprooting banana plants and tearing roofs off homes, according to […]
Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in an Atlantic Ocean current, which could trigger abrupt shifts in weather patterns and damage ecosystems. A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a system of ocean currents that transports warm water into […]
Blinken heads to Middle East for new ceasefire push as Israel strikes Beirut
Washington DC, US/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the Gaza war and defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon. Blinken’s trip to the region is his 11th since the attack on Israel […]
Our actions betray us
If everything is the product of mindless chance, why do we treat humans as different to the rest of nature? Aren’t we just another species among many? With all our behaviour – whether clearing rainforests, burning fossil fuels or cleaning-out oceans – intrinsically natural? The inexorable outcomes of a closed system? People sitting on the […]
Moldova’s Sandu secures knife-edge EU vote win after “unfair fight”
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters President Maia Sandu said on Monday Moldovans had won a “first battle in a difficult fight” for their future, a day after a slim majority of 50.46 per cent backed EU accession in a referendum that was clouded by allegations of Russia-backed meddling. The knife-edge finish was a shock for supporters of […]
“Not an act of God”: How Rev Richard Joyner became a farmer, then a climate activist
Richard Joyner has a new rejoinder to his congregants: “God is not flooding the land. Our behaviour is destroying the environment.” YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports…
Stop taking Bonhoeffer’s name in vain, his relatives and scholars warn Eric Metaxas, Project 2025
United States RNS In recent years, author and radio host Eric Metaxas and other conservative Christian supporters of Donald Trump have compared themselves to the famed German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer – who was put to death for taking part in a plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler. In a recent interview on Flashpoint, a Christian television […]