Each day, fossil fuel air pollution costs $US8 billion, study says
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Global air pollution from burning fossil fuels costs $US8 billion each day, more than three per cent of the value of goods and services produced daily, as people fall sick, miss work and need medical care, according to a report published on Wednesday. Burning fossil fuels, primarily coal, oil […]
SNAPSHOT: ‘STATION SQUABBLE’
See SAM ROWLEY’s image – winner of the LUMIX People’s Choice Award Winner in the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition…
China reports 5,000 new coronavirus cases, cruise ship disembarks in Cambodia
Beijing, China/Sihanoukville, CambodiaReuters China’s coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health authorities on Friday reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while passengers on a cruise ship blocked from five countries due to virus fears finally disembarked in Cambodia. News of the first death from the virus in Japan rattled Asian markets, already on […]
Radio show in small Indian town gives rare voice to child workers
Gorakhpur, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Balloon seller Nisha, nine, said purple was her favourite colour as she spoke into the microphone on a radio show in north India dedicated to highlighting the voices of child workers. Nisha was among a group of children working and living on the streets of Gorakhpur, an impoverished town where child […]
London Fashion Week urged to sashay away from polluting sequins
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Sequins add glamour to any outfit but eco-campaigners urged London Fashion Week, starting on Friday, to ditch the sparkling plastic discs as they pollute oceans for centuries. Some 250 designers will showcase their latest collections to trade buyers in the British capital – one of the world’s four big fashion weeks […]
Doctors in Egypt launch anti-genital cutting campaign after girl dies
Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation Doctors in Egypt have taken time out of their surgeries for a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation after the death of a 12-year-old girl, saying they do not want their white coats “stained with blood”. Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008, […]
A DAUGHTER’S DUTY: FROM BOSTON, A UIGHUR WOMAN CHAMPIONS HER FATHER’S RELEASE IN CHINA
AYSHA KHAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, speaks with Samira Imin about her campaign for her father’s release…
Trump’s California funding threat over abortion puts nuns in unexpected spot
Los Angeles, USRNS Kevin Eckery said the Catholic order of religious sisters isn’t interested in “sparking a huge cultural war”. They also don’t want to punish anybody, said Eckery, a communications consultant. But – whether they wanted it or not – a culture war might be upon them. Thousands of abortion opponents march in the […]
ESSAY: POPE FRANCIS PUNTS ON MARRIED PRIESTS
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks the Pope’s response to the Amazon synod’s recommendations issued this week…