Companies must use buying power to root out slavery, says UK official
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Companies that find their products are being made using slave labour should work with suppliers to stop the abuse rather than focusing on protecting their reputations, Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner said on Monday. Sara Thornton said many people used in forced labour were highly vulnerable and could be left with “absolutely nothing” if […]
Call for Australian mining companies to show greater tax transparency – report
Australian mining companies funnelled an estimated $A1.1 billion out of Africa through the use of tax havens in 2015 – a figure which equates to almost $A289 million in lost tax revenue, according to a new report. Cover of the joint report The joint report from Oxfam Australia, the Tax Justice Network Australia and the […]
ESSAY: ISRAEL FOLAU, CODES OF CONDUCT AND AUSTRALIA’S MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the connections between the Israel Folau case, employment codes of conduct and the 2017 Marriage Act amendment…
Pope Francis again appeals for governments to act Mediterranean migrant crisis following “worst” shipwreck this year
Pope Francis has again appealed to the international community to act “promptly” and “decisively” to avoid further tragedies involving would-be migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe. His comments follow news last week that up to 150 people are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of […]
Britons care more about climate change than Brexit, Christian Aid survey shows
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A majority of Britons think climate change will be a more important issue than Brexit in the future, a poll showed on Friday, a day after the country sweated in a heatwave, hitting its highest temperature for July. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson took office on Wednesday vowing to implement the result […]
TOURISM: TOP SPOTS CRACK DOWN AS THEY BECOME VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS
EMMA BATHA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how nations are coping with the growing influx of tourists around the world…
Facial recognition push at India airports raises privacy concerns
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation The launch of facial recognition technology at two Indian airports and plans to place it in police stations have stoked fears over privacy and increased surveillance among human rights groups in the country. The “paperless biometric technology” launched in Bengaluru airport last week identifies passengers by their face, doing away with […]
THIS LIFE: MEANT TO RUN YOUR OWN RACE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at the importance of perseverance…
Guatemala agrees to new migration measures to avoid Trump sanctions threat
Washington, DC/Guatemala City Reuters US President Donald Trump on Friday said he agreed to drop the threat of economic sanctions against Guatemala after the country said it would implement new measures aimed at reducing US asylum claims from migrants fleeing Honduras and El Salvador. The Trump administration has grappled with a surge of mainly Central […]