SNAPSHOT: OKAVANGO RIVER, BOTSWANA
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From drones to social media, big data helps confront more complex disasters in Asia
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Technological innovations – from unique digital identities for drought-hit farmers to use of data from drones and social media – can better predict increasingly complex disasters in the Asia-Pacific region and limit their impact on vulnerable people, the United Nations said in a report on Thursday. Rising global temperatures have increased the frequency and […]
Mexico lacks basic data on hundreds of trafficking victims – government watchdog
Mexico CityThomson Reuters Foundation Mexican authorities do not know the nationality of hundreds of identified foreign trafficking victims, according to a government watchdog, raising fears that vulnerable US-bound migrants are being left stranded. Tens of thousands of people, mostly from Central America, end up in Mexico each year either on route to the United States […]
WHO says eradicating malaria “can be done”, but first aim is to control it
LondonReuters Eradicating malaria is biologically feasible and a lofty aim, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but the focus for now should be getting the funds, tools and political will to control it. Launching the findings of a three-year long analysis of the global fight against malaria, WHO experts said that while ending the […]
Indonesia arrests 34, blocks internet in Papua to curb protests
Timika/Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesia has arrested 34 people and cut internet access in its easternmost region of Papua to rein in violence after protesters torched buildings, a market and a prison over mistreatment of students and perceived ethnic discrimination. Police have flown in 1,200 more officers to quell sometimes violent protests since Monday in towns such […]
IMMIGRATION: THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TAKE FREE RIDES HOME COURTESY OF US GOVERNMENT
MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DANIEL TROTTA, of Reuters, report…
Explainer – Trump and the politics of the Messiah
RNS Does President Trump have a Messiah complex? No, according to some of his most loyal evangelical Christian supporters – but one could see how he might get the idea that he is here to save the world. President Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White […]
ESSAY: FAMILY LEAVE IS A PRO-LIFE ISSUE THAT CAN UNITE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE US
US commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, explains why paid family leave is a pro-life issue…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES
BRUCE C WEARNE concludes his commentary on the New Testament book of Galatians…
Woman chosen to lead Religions for Peace as others urge greater female visibility
Lindau, GermanyRNS On the same day that a prominent woman urged greater inclusion of female leaders in Religions for Peace, delegates to the 10th World Assembly of the interreligious global organisation elected their first woman secretary-general. On Wednesday, they chose Azza Karam, an expert who works with the United Nations on issues of religion and […]