POSTCARDS: “DEATH SENTENCE” – INDIGENOUS GROUPS SPOTLIGHT CANADA’S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
JILLIAN KESTLER D’AMOURS, in a report for Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how homelessness is affecting Canada’s Indigenous peoples…
Pope Francis vetoes married priests in the Amazon, slams those who exploit region
Vatican CityRNS A new document by Pope Francis slams countries and companies exploiting the Amazon region and calls on the Catholic Church to find new paths and methods to minister to its Indigenous people. But those new paths do not include the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the region. Pope Francis walks […]
Slavery not a crime for almost half the countries in the world – study
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Slavery is not a crime in almost half the countries in the world, a study of global laws said on Wednesday, urging nations to close legal loopholes that allow abusers to escape punishment. Many states lack laws which directly criminalise and punish exerting ownership or control over another person, according to […]
Art and technology expose “hidden inequalities” in cities
Abu Dhabi, UAEThomson Reuters Foundation In South Africa’s Cape Town, an aerial photograph shows vast villas interspersed with lush greenery, blue swimming pools and the odd tennis court, while on the other side of the road, hundreds of tin-roof shacks tell a different story. The image is one of a series shot by drone in […]
Nepal seeks to cut migrant deaths with safety training
Kathmandu, NepalThomson Reuters Foundation In a bid to reduce migrant deaths in the Middle East and Asia, millions of Nepalis who work overseas will be given mandatory safety training before departure, officials said on Tuesday. About 1,000 out of an estimated four million Nepali migrants die abroad each year, mainly in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and […]
Australian PM looks to replace “failing” Indigenous policy
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia is on track to meet just two of its targets aimed at improving the lives of its Indigenous people, including increasing life expectancy and improving literacy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday. In 2007, Australia introduced seven targets designed to address inequalities that see the country’s 700,000 Indigenous people track near […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘SPIDER MAN’ ON A MISSION TO CLEAN; A FOX’S NIGHT OUT; AND, POLE-SITTER COMES BACK TO EARTH…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
With Oscar glory, ‘Parasite’ shines light on Seoul’s housing crisis
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation South Korean film Parasite, which became the first non-English language movie to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars, highlights the widening divide and lack of affordable housing in the capital Seoul, according to social analysts and academics. Director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which also won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, […]
Indian couple gets jail in Singapore’s first labour trafficking conviction
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation An Indian couple was sentenced to more than five years in jail in Singapore on Tuesday for exploiting migrant women, the first labour trafficking conviction in the affluent nation that is home to many foreign workers. The two Indian nationals were given a prison term of five years and six […]
AUSTRALIA: IN FIRE-HIT RURAL AREAS, CLIMATE DEBATE BURNS DEEP
KATE LAMB, of Reuters, reports from the bushfire devastated eastern Victoria…