WOW! NO SOCIAL SKILLS REQUIRED – AUTISTIC STAFF HELP IT FIRM THRIVE
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from London on how one social enterprise is providing new employment opportunities to people with autism…
Taking steps towards reconciliation in Cyprus not easy but “must be done”, says church leader
Reconciliation in Cyprus is “not easy” yet it must be done “for the sake of unity”, a senior member of the Church of Cyprus has said. In an interview with the World Council of Churches – representatives of which recently visited the Mediterreanean island, Metropolitan Dr Vasilios, referring to the Turkish invasion in 1974 which led […]
Home in body bags – calls for action as Bangladesh migrant deaths spike
Thomson Reuters Foundation Mousumi Akter left her home in rural Bangladesh in 2017 and travelled 5,000 kilometres to work as a maid in Jordan to support her struggling family. In less than two years, she was dead. The young woman was one of 3,793 Bangladeshis who died while working abroad last year, according to newly […]
Sex trafficking that starts in South America largely stays there
Bogotá, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Women and girls in South America are more likely to become victims of sex trafficking inside their own or neighbouring countries than to be trafficked across continents, officials said last week, urging cooperation among regional governments. The sexual exploitation of women and girls remains the most common form of human trafficking […]
Wealth of billionaires grows by $US2.5 billion a day while 3.4 billion live on less than $US5.50 a day – Oxfam report
The fortunes of the world’s 2,208 billionaires grew by $US2.5 billion a day last year while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 per cent. The figures – which also show some 3.4 billion people are now living on less than $US5.50 a day […]
Ways the food business eats into waste
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s Marks & Spencer is the latest food retailer to cut plastic pollution and food waste, opening a trial store in London that sells fresh fruit and vegetables without packaging or sell-by dates. It joins a wave of supermarkets and manufacturers, from Germany’s Lidl to US Whole Foods, pledging to reduce waste […]
ORTHODOX CHURCH: GREEKS BRIDLE AT HISTORIC DEAL TO SPLIT CHURCH FROM STATE
NIKOLIA APOSTOLOU, of Religion News Service, reports from Athens…
Some 170 people missing after two Mediterranean shipwrecks – reports
Some 170 people are missing after two shipwrecks on the Mediterreanean, according to reports. One dinghy was spotted by Italian authorities sinking on Friday in rough waters – three survivors were later picked up and said they were part of a group of 120 people, mainly from West Africa, who had left Libya on Thursday […]
ESSAY: WHEN AUSTRALIA GOES TO THE POLLS, VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE
Ahead of the yet-to-be-announced federal election in Australia, NILS VON KALM urges Christians to use their vote to impact the lives of others…