Strong earthquake kills four in Indonesia
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters A powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java has killed four people and damaged hundreds of buildings, the nation’s disaster agency said on Saturday. Indonesia issued a tsunami warning within minutes of the 6.8 magnitude quake on Friday night. The warning lasted two hours and sent people […]
Quick facts – 10 facts on Islamic State’s Yazidi killings
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of Islamic State’s assault on Iraq’s Yazidi minority, described by the United Nations as a genocide, in which thousands were killed or abducted. The 3rd August, 2014, attack on Mount Sinjar, the Yazidi heartland, shocked the international community and prompted the United States to carry out air […]
India passes “historic” minimum wage law amid activist worries
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India’s parliament on Friday passed a “historic” law to guarantee a minimum wage to hundreds of millions of workers, but labour activists said it did not go far enough to protect those in the informal sector. The Code on Wages aims to set standard wages across India, where almost 90 per […]
Controversial Founders Ministries video leads to board resignations, #MeToo concerns
RNS Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches. The resignations, announced 1st August by Founders Ministries President Tom Ascol, come as some Southern Baptist leaders interviewed for the film […]
SLAVERY: FREEDOM, MONEY, BABIES – IN INDIA, RESCUED WOMEN COUNT THEIR LOSSES
ANURADHA NAGARAJ and ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from India…
In the US, Trump rule restricting asylum seekers struck down by court
Reuters A US federal judge on Friday struck down one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to curtail asylum claims, ruling that the government could not reject migrants who had crossed the border illegally. A different federal judge had already put a temporary block on the policy, which would have rejected asylum claims from people who […]
July may set global record as hottest in recorded history – United Nations
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The planet endured what may have been the hottest July in history, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday, just a week after a European heat wave shattered all-time records and also coming on the heels of the world’s warmest-ever June. The month’s first 29 days were marginally warmer […]