Wow!: Pakistan’s tree-planting push has a sweetener – more honey
IMRAN MUKHTAR, in an article from Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports an a beneficial side-effect of a tree planting program in eastern Pakistan…
Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk
Moscow, RussiaAP A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic. The court in the Ural Mountains region ordered Father Sergiy to pay 90,000 rubles ($US1,250). The 65-year-old monk, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging followers to disobey church leadership and […]
‘India’s George Floyds’ spur calls for end to police brutality
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation The rare arrest of six police officers on murder charges over the death of two men in custody has emboldened victims to speak up against targeted police brutality in India, and demand an end to impunity. Shopkeeper J Jayaraj, 59, and his son Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were beaten so badly for […]