Updated: Australian bushfires kill three, destroy at least 150 homes
Updated: 7.30am, 10th November, 2019Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Three people have died, four are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service confirmed two people had been killed by a fire near Glen Innes, more than 550 kilometres north […]
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition technology in elections amid concerns it stopped large numbers of women from voting this year. Authorities photographed all voters in September’s presidential election and used facial recognition software, a measure designed […]
At a US church forum, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she is open to suspending deportations
Raleigh, North Carolina, USRNS At a campaign event held at a church that is providing sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday said she would consider suspending deportations to pressure Congress to come up with a solution to the immigration crisis. Speaking at Umstead Park United Church of Christ, Warren was grilled […]
Japanese women fight for right to wear glasses to work
Kuala LumpurThomson Reuters Foundation Japanese women have taken to Twitter to demand the right to wear glasses to work after reports employers were imposing bans, in the latest social media outcry against rigid rules on women’s appearance. The hashtag “glasses are forbidden” has been trending after a Japanese television show exposed businesses that were imposing […]
CROPS IN THE CLOUDS: THE RISE OF ROOF-TOP FARMING IN SPACE STARVED HONG KONG
MARIANNE BRAY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how social enterprise Rooftop Republic is growing a new generation of urban farmers…
United Kingdom might not exist in a decade, half of UK citizens think – poll
London, UKReuters The United Kingdom might not exist in its current form in a decade’s time, half of its citizens believe, an Ipsos MORI poll found. The 52 to 48 per cent vote in 2016 to leave the European Union has strained the bonds that tie England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland into the United […]