“Safe haven” for fleeing families hit by attacks in Burkina Faso
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Deadly attacks on Christians in a “safe haven” for thousands fleeing violence in Burkina Faso mark a new phase of crisis, the United Nations said on Thursday, as jihadis expand their reach. About 16 people died in three attacks on churches and a religious procession in the last two weeks, threatening […]
Australia’s “larrikin” former Prime Minister Bob Hawke dies at 89
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Bob Hawke, a transformative and charismatic left-wing lawmaker with a “larrikin’ streak who served as Australian Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991, died on Thursday aged 89, his family said. “Today we lost Bob Hawke, a great Australian – many would say the greatest Australian of the post-war era,” his wife and former […]
Venezuela’s dialysis patients face uncertain fate after power cuts
Maracaibo, VenezuelaReuters Seconds before William Lopez was set to be connected to a dialysis machine at a state-run clinic in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in April, the power went out. Missing dialysis treatment, which removes toxins that build up in the blood of people who suffer kidney failure, leaves Lopez feeling dizzy and […]
HEALTH INSIGHT: THESE FIVE FOODS ARE CLAIMED TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH. BUT THE AMOUNT WE’D NEED TO CONSUME TO BENEFIT IS…A LOT
In an article first published on The Conversation, EMMA BECKETT and GIDEON MEYEROWITZ-KATZ look at how much you’d have to eat to benefit from certain foods…
ON THE SCREEN: OVERCOMING WITH LOVE – THE STORY OF AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY GRAHAM STAINES
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Almost three quarters of child deaths and injuries due to explosive weapons, report finds
Almost three quarters of child deaths and injuries in the five deadliest conflicts around the world in 2017 were caused by suicide bombs, landmines, unexploded ordnance, airstrikes and other forms of explosive weaponry, according to the findings of an analysis by Save the Children. The analysis, contained in the report Blast injuries: The impact of […]
Reports of suspected slavery rise by 36 per cent in Britain
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Reports of suspected modern slavery in Britain rose by more than a third in 2018, according to government data released on Tuesday, but campaigners said even that was likely only “the tip of the iceberg”. Police, charities and other first responders referred 6,993 potential modern slavery cases to the government’s National Referral […]
Growing disaster threats put human survival in doubt, warns UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandThomson Reuters Foundation Increasingly complex, growing and related risks, from global warming to pollution and epidemics, threaten human survival if left to escalate, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. A biennial assessment report on how the world is dealing with disasters said the past could no longer be relied on as a guide to […]
A NEW HIGH: INDIGENOUS THAI FARMERS SWAP OPIUM FOR COFFEE AND LAND
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on what is being seen as a model project for ending narcotic drug cultivation and improving the lives of Indigenous communities….
As Emanuel AME documentary screens, survivors, families mull grief and guns
Washington, DCRNS Felicia Sanders, who survived the shooting four years ago at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a tale of two Bibles. First, there was the holy book she used for the Bible study the shooter infiltrated that Wednesday night in June of 2015, returned to her after she […]