POSTCARDS: WHAT’S IN A NAME? EVERYTHING, SAY AUSTRALIA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
ADESHOLA ORE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Melbourne…
Twenty killed in bomb attacks on Philippines cathedral
Twenty people have been killed and dozens more injured after two bombs exploded at a Roman Catholic church in the southern Philippines. The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo. The first bomb detonated as Sunday Mass was being celebrated at about […]
More babies dying in Venezuela as crisis worsens – researchers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rising numbers of babies are dying in Venezuela as its health system collapses, researchers said last week, reversing the country’s big reduction infant mortality rates over the past two decades. The new research, published in The Lancet Global Health journal, said that Venezuela is the only country in South America with infant […]
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A decade after war ends, Sri Lankan Tamils to ‘occupy’ land held by army
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 100 Sri Lankan Tamil families demanding the return of their land nearly 10 years after the end of a civil war, plan to occupy their former homes on Saturday if the government does not hand over the properties as agreed. Residents of Keppapulavu village in northern Mullaitivu have campaigned for […]