HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE: WITH CRISES SET TO WORSEN, WHAT ARE AID GROUPS’ PRIORITIES FOR 2018?
The UK-based Thomson Reuters Foundation asked 10 aid agencies to name their top priorities for 2018. ANASTASIA MOLONEY reports on their responses…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘WONDER’ SPARKLES
DAVID ADAMS reviews Wonder…
Homelessness to digital IDs: five property rights hotspots in 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation The global fight over land and resources is getting increasingly bloody and the race for control of valuable assets is expanding from forests and indigenous territories to the seas, space and databanks. Here are five hotspots for property rights in 2018: 1. Rising violence: From Peru to the Philippines, land rights defenders […]
CRAZY OLD MAN?
One of the lesser-known characters of the Christmas season is Simeon. He was an old man who hung around the Temple. Temple remains – the ‘Western Wall’ of the Temple in Jerusalem today. PICTURE: David King (licensed under CC BY 2.0) You know the type – you don’t know if they’re crazy, or if they possess […]