Harvard Divinity School pauses religion and conflict educational initiative, cuts its staff
United States RNS Harvard Divinity School announced last week it was pausing its Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative, a program that focused on Israel-Palestine as a case study. On Wednesday, it cut the last remaining position in the initiative. A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor […]
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South Korea’s ousted leader Yoon loses reckless gamble with martial law
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea’s ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol, a brash ex-prosecutor who came to power by repeatedly defying setbacks and taking gambles, ultimately fell victim to political recklessness that led him to impose martial law, former colleagues say. Dogged by personal scandals involving his wife, a bitter row with political opponents whom […]
South Korea’s President Yoon ousted as court upholds impeachment after martial law
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court on Friday, which upheld parliament’s impeachment motion over his imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country’s worst political crisis in decades. The ruling caps months of political turmoil that have overshadowed efforts to deal with the […]
Russians fight to clear Kursk as Ukrainians hole up in monastery, war bloggers say
Reuters Moscow’s troops were waging fierce battles on Thursday in Russia’s western Kursk region against Ukrainian forces, including hundreds holed up in a monastery, in an effort to rout them from Kyiv’s last major foothold in sovereign Russian territory, war bloggers said. Ukrainian troops stormed across the border into Russia last August and seized almost […]
Argentina Senate rejects Milei nominees to top court
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s Senate rejected two Supreme Court justice nominees proposed by President Javier Milei, in a setback for the libertarian leader, who accused lawmakers of politicising the vote. Police officers stand in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17th March, 2022. PICTURE: Reuters/Agustin Marcarian/File photo The President’s February decree […]
Israeli military says it holds special probe into Gaza aid worker deaths
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters The Israeli military is conducting an investigation into an incident in Gaza in which a number of emergency and aid workers were killed, a military spokesperson said on Thursday, rejecting a description of the incident as an “execution”. Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said the military’s Southern Command had transferred the investigation to […]
Uganda’s Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the Vice President triggered regional fears of a return to civil war. Museveni was met at the airport by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, whose administration has accused First […]
Ministering in a challenging environment: A bishop of the Arctic says goodbye
As Canada’s Anglican church dwindles, its most remote (and most expansive) diocese has shown growth. One bishop responsible for that trend is retiring, leaving his successor to find clergy willing to take on the Arctic’s challenges. JULIA DUIN reports for Religion News Service…
South Africa’s white Afrikaner separatists want Trump’s help to become state
Orania, South Africa Reuters A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents, including menial workers, are white. Now, the residents of Orania – population, 3,000 – in the […]