Trump campaign ad shows Biden kneeling in Black church to argue Americans “won’t be safe”
Washington, DCRNS President Donald Trump’s campaign released a digital advertisement late on Wednesday extending its argument that Americans “won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America” with images of angry or violent protest. Set to dramatic music, the commercial bombards the viewer with footage of flaming police cars, protesters confronting law enforcement personnel and explosions. But […]
Communities “left out” as oil pipeline project set to get underway in East Africa
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation A multi-billion dollar oil pipeline planned for East Africa could spell disaster for local communities, charities said on Thursday, warning of lost land and livelihoods unless oil firms listen up and change tack. French energy giant Total and its partner China National Offshore Oil Corporation plan to exploit oil reserves in […]
Filipino cardinal and papal aide, Cardinal Tagle, has virus
Rome, ItalyAP One of Pope Francis’ top collaborators and a future papal contender, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Vatican said Friday. Tagle, who heads the Holy See’s powerful office in charge of mission territories, last saw the pope during an official audience on 29th August. He tested negative […]
Istanbul Convention: Selfies in solidarity with murdered women as Turkey mulls EU pact
SOPHIE DAVIES, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a campaign aimed at keeping Turket party to a European treaty established to protect women…
Wildlife populations in free fall as forests cut to grow food
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The average size of wildlife populations has plummeted by two-thirds worldwide since 1970 as forests were felled to grow food, green group WWF said Thursday, warning that harming ecosystems hikes the risk to humans of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Land conversion for farming and the wildlife trade were key reasons […]
Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognise Israel
Washington DC, USAP Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalise relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Jewish state’s relative isolation in the Middle East and find common ground with nations that share US […]
Spain imprisons ex-colonel for Jesuits slain in El Salvador
Madrid, SpainAP A court in Spain on Friday sentenced a former Salvadoran colonel to 133 years in prison for the slaying of five Spanish priests in El Salvador more than three decades ago. Spain’s National Court ruled that Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel who served as El Salvador’s vice minister for public security during […]