UK firms urged to act on domestic abuse as female murder cases rise
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Companies were urged on Friday to offer a lifeline to workers suffering from domestic abuse after official data showed the number of women murdered in England and Wales rose by 10 per cent in a year to a 13-year high. The number of female murder or manslaughter victims rose to 241 […]
In the US, La Luz Del Mundo ex-member sues, alleging decades of trafficking, sexual abuse
Los Angeles, USRNS A former member of La Luz Del Mundo, a Mexico-based Pentecostal movement that claims five million members, is suing the church and more than a dozen of its leaders, alleging decades of abuse at the hands of the group’s leaders. In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in US District Court in California, Sochil […]
UN targets small farm businesses to help poorest producers
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation As harvests fall and hunger rises on a warming planet, the United Nations plans to use new financial tools and work with banks and other partners to help fill a gaping hole in agricultural investment over the next decade. The revamp is part of efforts by the International Fund for Agricultural […]
SOUTH AFRICA: TOUGH LIVESTOCK FARMERS TOUCHED BY DROUGHT DONATIONS
PETRO KOTZE reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation from drought-stricken South Africa’s Northern Cape province…
St Valentine’s Italian birthplace seeks US suitors
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation In an unusual call for love, the Italian birthplace of St Valentine said on Friday it was looking for a US suitor to become its “sister city”. The mayor of Terni in central Italy said he hoped to find a city in the United States committed to a “meaningful, longstanding bond” […]