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Energy

Sun As Main Source Of Energy

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently called for “clear, credible and consistent signals from policy makers” to help lower deployment risks to investors and inspire confidence in harnessing solar energy as it clearly holds potential to overtake oil and gas as the main source of power generation by 2050. “The sun could be the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050, ahead of fossil fuels, wind, hydro and nuclear,” according to two reports issued by IEA, the Paris-based world’s top energy think tank.

www.chinanationalnews.com

Hunger

A Billion Tons Of Food Wasted Yearly

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 1.3 billion tons of food go to waste globally every year. Meanwhile, 805 million of the world’s people are still experiencing chronic undernourishment or hunger, Ren Wang, Assistant Director General of FAO’s Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, told the 11th International Media Forum on the Protection of Nature.

www.ipsnews.net/A. D. McKenzie

Church

The Road Ahead

The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, which concluded last October, seemed lackluster and uneventful, at least from the point of view of secular media and generally disinterested observers. For one, no concrete solutions and strong positions were made on the issues that were debated on the floor. For example, a decision on whether divorced Catholics who remarried will be allowed to take Holy Communion, one of the hotly-contested issues in the Synod’s working document, was not made.

By Joey Villarrama

Ebola

1.4m People Could Be Infected By January

As many as 1.4 million people could be infected with Ebola by mid-January 2015 if efforts to quarantine the epidemic aren’t taken immediately, according to predictive models released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently.

www.theguardian.com/Jessica Glenza

World

Tools Of Torture

In a recent report, Amnesty International said a rising number of Chinese companies are profiting from the trade of the so-called “tools of torture,” which include electric shock-stun batons, metal-spiked batons and weighted leg cuffs. The London-based group says 130 mostly state-owned Chinese companies now produce and trade the equipment. That is up from just 28 a decade ago.

www.chinanationalnews.com

Spirituality

Spiritual Fulfillment In Japan

Is Japan a spiritual-oriented or materialistic society? The answer is definitively spiritual, according to the most recent national livelihood survey by the Cabinet Office. The highest percentage of Japanese ever – 64% – said they are now placing priority on “spiritual fulfillment” rather than “material richness.”

www.spirituality.ucanews.com

Iran

Christianity On The Rise

A new translation of the Bible into modern Persian, which was recently launched in London, marks a significant moment for Christianity in Iran.

www.ucanews.com

Climate

China Pledges, At U.N., To Cut Emissions

China has pledged to take firm action on climate change at the U.N. Climate Change Summit in New York and said it will ensure its carbon dioxide emissions peak as early as possible. Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said in a speech that China will “make greater effort to more effectively address climate change.” He said China will announce post-2020 actions on climate change “as soon as we can” and that these would include “marked progress in reducing carbon intensity” and “the peaking of total carbon dioxide emissions as early as possible.”

www.theguardian.com

Senegal

Christians And Muslims Defend The Family

“Contrary to ideologies that claim families are falling apart in Senegal, the family is commonly conceived according to Christian and Muslim models.” This was the frank statement made by Senegal’s bishops at the 38th National Assembly held in Popenguine between 15 and 19 September. Two hundred priests, out of the 400 present in the whole country, met for their biennial assembly, to address the situation on African families.

www.vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/ Davide Demichelis

America/Mexico

About 45,000 Children Missing And Abducted

In Mexico, approximately 45,000 children and young people have been abducted and are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking of organs. This is the complaint made by the Foundation for the Research of Missing and Abducted Children.

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