POSTCARDS: UGANDAN WALKERS PLANT TREES TO KEEP THE CLIMATE FIT
JOHN OKOT reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on how walkers are making a difference by planting trees to address climate change…
New York clergy denounce anti-Semitic violence following slew of attacks
New York City, USReligion Unplugged Rev Al Sharpton assembled a group of black clergy and civil rights leaders to meet with a New York rabbi on Monday, a day after five people were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration about 50 kilometres north of Manhattan. The attack came after a spate of anti-semitic incidents in New […]
Rising homelessness to ageing population: Five challenges facing cities in 2020
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The world is seeing the biggest wave of urban growth in history with the United Nations expecting almost 70 per cent of people globally to be living in urban areas by 2050, up from 56 per cent today. The shift is creating significant challenges for cities around the world, from tackling […]
World welcomes 2020, but wildfires, protests, cast a pall over some celebrations
Sydney, Australia/Hong Kong, China/London, UKReuters The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and nuclear tensions with North Korea. Large crowds gathered in European capitals for spectacular firework displays that lit up the […]
Twelve dead, several missing as Australia counts the cost of devastating bushfires
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia’s southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead, as navy ships rushed to provide supplies and assist with evacuations. Twelve people have now lost their lives in fire-related deaths across Australia since blazes broke out […]
Disgruntled Pope Francis pulls himself free from woman’s grasp
Vatican CityReuters A visibly indignant Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday after she grabbed his hand and yanked him towards her. Pope Francis was walking through the square in Vatican City and greeting pilgrims on his way to see the large Nativity […]
Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump
Baghdad, Iraq/Washington DC, USReuters Protesters angry about US air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for US President Donald Trump. The protests, led by Iranian-backed militias, prompted the United States to deploy […]
Updated: Thousands swarm to Australian beaches to escape bushfires
Updated 11:15am, 1st January 2020Melbourne/Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast on Tuesday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government readied naval vessels and military helicopters to aid firefighting and evacuations. Government officials called for Australian military support and assistance from US and Canadian fire crews […]