STRANGESIGHTS: ROBOT BARISTAS; WHY YOU’RE NO LONGER LOST AT YELLOW DOG WITH NO TEETH BRIDGE; AND, A HOME-MADE TANK …
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
As Afghans are sent home, World Bank calls for formal labour migration
Thomson Reuters Foundation War-torn Afghanistan could boost its fragile economy if nearby Gulf countries gave temporary, legal jobs to migrants, the World Bank said, amid rising deportations from Iran and Pakistan. Millions of unregistered Afghan refugees and migrants have been deported or voluntarily returned home since 2015, raising concerns over how Afganistan will cope with […]
New report finds ‘flicker of hope’ in North Korea
World Watch Monitor A new report on North Korea finds that over the last decade there has been a shift in people’s attitudes away from being “passive recipients” serving the regime to being motivated “change-makers” shaping their own destiny. Movies, markets and mass surveillance: human rights in North Korea after a decade of change, by […]
Female genital mutilation is a man’s issue too, says Kenyan Maasai activist
Thomson Reuters Foundation Kenyan campaigners against FGM, Natalie Robi and Amos LEuka, are pictured after speaking at an event in London marking International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on Tuesday. PICTURE: Emma Batha/Thomson Reuters Foundation. Kenya could end female genital mutilation in a generation, campaigners from its conservative Maasai and Kuria communities said on […]
THE INTERVIEW: KATE BOWLER ON WHAT LIVING WITH A DEATH SENTENCE CAN TEACH US ALL ABOUT LIFE
Kate Bowler is a wife, mother and historian who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Her new book, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about enduring and responding to tragedy. She speaks with JONATHAN MERRITT, of Religion News Service…
Syrian refugees risk being driven home despite violence, say aid groups
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees may be pressured to return to their war-ravaged homeland this year, despite continuing violence, leading aid agencies said this week. They said misleading rhetoric in refugee-hosting countries was creating the false impression that the country was safe for people to return to, even though it remained […]