World’s e-waste “unsustainable”, says UN report citing China, India and US
New Delhi, India/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Across the river from Delhi’s Red Fort, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers in the modern world throw away – their broken or obsolete electronic and electrical goods. Home to one of the world’s largest markets for e-waste, Seelampur exemplifies the challenge highlighted in a UN-led report released […]
Updated: Hong Kong police arrest stabbing suspect, Pence slams China’s “betrayal” of 1997 deal
Updated: 8.40am AEST, 3rd July, 2020Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the airport early on Thursday on suspicion of stabbing and wounding an officer during a demonstration against a new national security law imposed by Beijing on the financial hub. The arrest followed protests on Wednesday in which police fired […]
Russians grant Putin right to extend his rule until 2036 in landslide vote
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will allow him to run again for president twice, but critics said the outcome was falsified on an industrial scale. Official results published on Thursday, after 99.9 per cent of ballots had been counted, […]
Anti-Semitic crimes rose in California in 2019 – report
Los Angeles, USAP Anti-Semitic hate crimes in California rose nearly 12 per cent in 2019, including a fatal shooting at a Southern California synagogue, even as hate crimes overall declined statewide by 4.8 per cent, according to a state report released Wednesday. Hate crimes are historically under-reported and the 2019 data compiled by the state attorney […]
“Shocking” abuse of migrants forced to pick strawberries in Spain, UN says
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Spain must urgently protect thousands of women brought over from Morocco as essential workers to pick strawberries during the new coronavirus pandemic in abysmal conditions and without basic hygiene, a United Nations rapporteur said on Wednesday. About 3,000 Moroccan women travel to Spain, which provides more than half of Europe’s fruit […]
Congo vows zero tolerance over child soldiers after US anti-trafficking nod
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoThomson Reuters Foundation The Democratic Republic of Congo must do more to end the use of child soldiers by the military and armed groups, its human rights minister said after the US Government commended the country’s progress on fighting human trafficking. The central African nation was upgraded last week in the […]
Black Lives Matter: Aboriginal Christian leaders respond with a cry from the heart
In the light of recent Black Lives Matter protests in Australia, CHRISTOPHER GILBERT speaks with Australian Aboriginal Christian leaders about the response to the movement in Australia and their hopes for change…
US poll: About seven in 10 white evangelicals approve of Trump
AP About seven in 10 white evangelical Protestants approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of his job, according to a new survey — support from a cornerstone of his political base that has remained strong following a polarising church visit and a Supreme Court ruling on LGBT discrimination that disheartened some conservatives. Trump’s 72 per […]
Essay: Coronavirus – how Brazil became the second worst affected country in the world
In an article first published on The Conversation, ALFREDO SAAD FILHO, a UK-based professor of political economy and international development, explores why Brazil has been so badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic…
Egypt high court upholds death sentence for former monk
Cairo, EgyptAP Egypt’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a death sentence for a former monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018. The Court of Cassation also reduced a death sentence against another former monk to life in prison. A priest walks in front of St Samuel the […]