Israel Starts Campaign to Vaccinate Young Children
Seeking to reassure parents, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took his 9-year-old son, David, to be vaccinated at a clinic in a seaside town near Tel Aviv. From: New York Times
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1946: U.K. Launches Campaign for Roosevelt Statue
#WhereIsPengshuai? Feminist activists and sports fans campaign for the missing tennis star
Women’s Tennis Association spoke out but International Olympic Committee remains silent Originally published on Global Voices Image created by Oiwan Lam Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, 35, has not been seen or heard from since accusing former Chinese Communist top leader Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault through Weibo on November 2. Peng Shuai's post accusing… Leggi tutto »
Play-off place booked – how did Scotland turn campaign around?
from: BBC News BBC Scotland looks at how Scotland have gone from World Cup worries to Qatar contenders.
ASIA/PAKISTAN – The bill to protect women rejected: protest campaign by Christians
Karachi – “We must all be united to defend and promote the proposed bill to protect women of religious minorities from forced conversions. Not only do we want this proposal to become law, but we also want it to be implemented. Rejecting the bill that aims to stop forced conversions is against human rights. This… Leggi tutto »
India Risks Covid-19 Complacency After Its Vaccine Campaign
The success represents a major victory for Narendra Modi’s government, but a recent slowdown in new vaccinations has sparked worries. From: New York Times
‘Drained’ India ‘need rest’ after ending T20 World Cup campaign – Shastri
Hijab campaign tweets pulled by Council of Europe after French backlash
Dinosaur tells UN ‘don’t choose extinction’ as part of new climate campaign
Newspaper headlines: ‘Hollywood horror’ and ‘sluggish booster jab campaign’
Many papers lead on actor Alec Baldwin’s “heartbreak” after he fatally shot a colleague with a prop gun.
India’s Covid Vaccine Campaign Hits 1 Billion Doses
Afghanistan polio: UN plans nationwide vaccine campaign
ASIA/INDONESIA – Abolition of the death penalty: a civil society campaign
Jakarta – The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty, launched by civil society and embraced by Christian Churches and organizations, is intensifying in Indonesia. Several Indonesian civil society organizations have called on the government to remove the death penalty from the country’s legal system, noting that there is evidence that “this form of… Leggi tutto »
AFRICA/KENYA – Fr. Kamemba: “We are following the malaria vaccination campaign with great interest”
Kisumu – “In view of the many health facilities that are under the auspices of the Catholic Church, especially in malaria-prone areas, the new vaccine against this endemic disease will also be of great interest to the local Catholic Church”, said Father Robbin Kamemba, Superior General of the Society for Africa Missions in Kenya to… Leggi tutto »
Britney thanks fans for constant resilience during #FreeBritney campaign
She credited Free Britney campaigners for helping to suspend her father’s control of her affairs. from: BBC News
Hungary’s Leader Fights Criticism in U.S. via Vast Influence Campaign
Viktor Orban, the country’s far-right prime minister, has spent millions on lobbying, support for think tanks and cultivating allies in Washington. From: New York Times
Chelsea 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: Champions continue fine start to WSL campaign
Women’s Super League champions Chelsea continue their fine start to the campaign with victory over Brighton at Kingsmeadow.
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 takes shape and life
Yirol – At last, tents for vaccination against Covid have been set up adjacent to the Yirol and Rumbek hospitals with all the equipment in operation, vans, scooters and bicycles ready to leave and reach the most remote villages, loaded with all the material necessary: tables, chairs, syringes, gloves, cotton, disinfectants and of course the… Leggi tutto »
EUROPE/ITALY – Missio Italia’s social campaign “#nonpossiamotacere” (We cannot be silent) starts in October
Rome – With the start of Missionary October, the social campaign “#nonpossiamotacere” was launched by the Missio Foundation with the diocesan missionary centers. Every day of the month, tidbits of what “cannot be kept silent” will be shared on the social networks of the Foundation and of the dioceses that want it, just as Pope… Leggi tutto »