WOW!: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE CITY IN MYANMAR, ONE TRASH ALLEY AT A TIME
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how social enterprise Doh Eain is helping to make Yangon in Myanmar a more liveable place…
Encrypted app aims to boost sex crime reporting in India
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Women in India will be able to anonymously report sexual abuse, seek medical or legal aid and create private journals on a mobile app to be launched next week to make reporting of the crime less traumatic for survivors. The Smashboard app uses blockchain to create an encrypted space where victims […]
Trump avoids escalating crisis, says Iran is “standing down”
Washington, US/Baghdad, Iraq/Dubai, UAEReuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed away from days of angry rhetoric against Iran as the two countries tried to defuse a crisis over the American killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. In an address from the White House, Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to […]
No survivors as Ukrainian Boeing plane crashes in Iran with 176 aboard
Dubai, UAE/Kiev UkraineReuters A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing all 176 people on board. The Boeing 737 crashed hours after Iran fired missiles at bases housing US forces in Iraq, and officials said speculation about what happened was premature. Carrier Ukraine International Airlines said the […]
Iran missile attacks target US forces in Iraq; Trump says ‘All is well!’
Updated: 6pmBaghdad, Iraq/Washington DC, USReuters Iran launched missiles at US-led forces in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of a new Middle East war. Iranian state television said Iran had fired 15 missiles at US targets in Iraq early on Wednesday. […]
Ukrainian Boeing 737 crashes in Iran, all 170 aboard killed – Iranian state TV
Dubai, UAEReuters A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport, and all aboard were killed, Iran’s state television said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames. “The fire is so […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘KISSMOBILES’ GARAGED; WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE DRIEDEL; AND, ‘TUMBLEGEDDON’ ON WASHINGTON HIGHWAY
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
“World cannot afford war”: US Democrats respond to Iran missile strike
Washington DC, USReuters Democrats in the US Congress and some of the party’s presidential contenders warned on Tuesday about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against US forces in Iraq. The news that Tehran had fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles against at least two Iraqi military […]
To avert future flood chaos, Indonesian capital urged to defend nature
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indonesia’s flood-hit capital Jakarta must protect and plant trees, stop extracting so much groundwater, and develop long-term plans together with surrounding towns if it is to keep pace with the growing threats from climate change, green groups said. Since 31st December, some of the heaviest rain since records began has […]
It’s official: India just experienced its hottest decade on record
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation The past decade was India’s hottest on record, with extreme heat directly killing about 350 people last year, the national meteorological department’s chief said on Tuesday. India has faced some of the fastest-rising threats from climate change, environmentalists say, with increases in blistering heat, powerful cyclones, drought and flooding. Between […]