POSTCARDS: MAN’S WORK MORPHS INTO WOMAN’S WORLD IN ZIMBABWE
JEFFREY MOYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on changing gender roles in Zimbabwe…
Decorated with butterflies, infant-sized coffins sent to measles-ravaged Samoa
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Volunteers in the New Zealand city of Rotorua are preparing two dozen white-lined coffins to be transported to Samoa at the end of the week as the measles-ravaged Pacific island nation languishes under a growing death toll that has now hit 70. The smallest of the coffins, designed for the bodies of babies, […]
Australia braces for more fires as extreme temperatures predicted
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of firefighters burned grassland in eastern Australia on Monday in a desperate bid to starve an anticipated new front of bushfires of fuel before forecast searing temperatures on Tuesday. More than 100 fires are ablaze in New South Wales and Victoria states, many of which have been burning for several weeks and […]
Updated: “No signs of life” on New Zealand volcano island after disaster “waiting to happen”
Last updated: 10.30amWhakatane, New ZealandReuters New Zealand said on Tuesday that eight people were missing and presumed dead a day after a volcano erupted off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, with at least five people confirmed dead and more than 30 injured. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters that aerial reconnaissance flights did […]
Film star Helen Mirren decries “disturbing” global rise in homelessness
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Oscar-winning British actor Helen Mirren has hit out against the “exponential rise in homelessness” as she prepared to sleep out in central London on Saturday as part of a global charity appeal to fight the scourge. Mirren joined Hollywood stars Will Smith and Brian Cox and an estimated 50,000 people in […]
‘Cranky Uncle’ game offers a vaccination against climate disinformation
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation When it comes to climate change, deciding what facts you can trust and what’s fake news can be a challenge, particularly in an era of sophisticated misinformation campaigns and complex scientific data. But an ally is at hand: ‘Cranky Uncle’, a gruff cartoon character and denier of climate change facts who, in […]
Tiny AI devices aim to enrich farmers and their soil
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation A piece of paper no bigger than a business card could enrich struggling coffee farmers and their soil, a growing challenge as temperatures rise and prices fluctuate. Enveritas, a US non-profit, signed an agreement with International Business Machines Corp on Thursday to pilot the AgroPad, which analyses soil samples remotely and […]
Victoria Falls shrink to a trickle, feeding climate change fears
Victoria Falls, ZambiaReuters For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa’s Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a gash in the earth, have drawn millions of holidaymakers to Zimbabwe and Zambia for their stunning views. But the worst drought in a century has slowed the waterfalls to a trickle, fuelling fears that climate change could […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: AS CROPS ARE AFFECTED, DEBATE HEATS UP OVER USE OF PLANT GENE DATA
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the growing debate over the use of plant gene data to combat the impacts of climate change…
Wheaton mental health summit remembers Jarrid Wilson’s “legacy of hope”
Wheaton, Illinois, USRNS The day pastor and mental health advocate Jarrid Wilson died was the day organisers began planning a one-day evangelical Christian summit about pastors and mental health. Wilson, a pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, spent his life advocating for mental health through his non-profit, Anthem of Hope. He shared openly […]