Spike in ethnic violence in Mali opens more children to fatal diseases
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation With spiralling ethnic violence exposing more children in Mali to fatal diseases, health workers are using donkeys and boats to deliver life-saving vaccines, charities said on Wednesday. In the central Mopti region – where 157 people died in one attack last month – suspected measles cases rose five-fold in one year […]
STRANGESIGHTS: COFFEE “NON-ESSENTIAL FOR HUMAN LIFE”; GRITS ROLLING; AND, “LASAGNA LIZARD” RECOGNISED….
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Australian rugby player Israel Folau asks for code of conduct hearing following controversial social media posts
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has asked for a code of conduct hearing to be scheduled by Rugby Australia after the governing body said they intended to terminate his contract for controversial social media posts. Australia’s Israel Folau runs in to score their first try in a game against England at Twickenham on 24th […]
Nicaragua crisis forces 60,000 people to flee homes in past year – UN
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly one year after anti-government protests began in Nicaragua, tens of thousands of people have fled the country in fear for their lives, the United Nations said on Tuesday. About 62,000 Nicaraguans have been forced from their homes in the Central American nation, of which 55,500 have sought safety in Costa […]
Chile gets tough on sexual harassment in the streets
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Chile will soon start punishing rampant street sexual harassment against women and girls with fines and prison terms but getting victims to speak up will be a significant challenge, experts said on Monday. A law passed this month and expected to come into force within weeks aims to curb street harassment […]
US teen girls at risk in dating violence, study says
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation One in four US teenage girls killed in a homicide is slain by her dating partner, research showed this week, exposing details about the “taboo” issue of dating violence among young people. Teen and adolescent girls are often embarrassed or reluctant to talk about violence, while some schools and […]
THE BIG DRY: HOW AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS ARE REACHING OUT IN A “MINISTRY OF TEARS”
A crippling drought, described as the “worst in living memory”, continues to affect large swathes of Australia. CHRISTOPHER GILBERT takes a look at how Christian workers are involved in bringing relief to farmers in the states of New South Wales and Queensland…
Chrissy Metz on ‘Breakthrough’: Everything happens as it should
RNS Everybody knows what it’s like to suffer alongside a loved one in crisis. That includes Chrissy Metz. And, the This Is Us star said, that’s what drew her to the role of Joyce Smith in the new movie Breakthrough, releasing in the US on 17th April in time for Easter weekend. Top […]
ESSAY: FIXING CLIMATE CHANGE WILL REQUIRE A CULTURE CHANGE
Writing from the US, academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it’s the culture of waste and alienation from the planet that has to change first if climate change is to be addressed…
WOW!: FROM FAKE RICE TO DEADLY MEDICINE, AFRICAN FIRM TAKES ON COUNTERFEITERS
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how new technology is helping to detect fake seeds, medicines and other products…