Choir practice in Spain infects 30 of 41 members with virus
Madrid, SpainAP At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in north-eastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the chorus say. The River Troupe Gospel, a volunteer Gospel group, rehearsed on 11th September ahead of an open-air performance two days later for a local […]
Postcards: First fighting, then COVID-19 leave Colombian forest tribe homeless
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Colombia on the plight of the Embera tribe…
Boy’s death spurs calls for bonded labour crackdown in central India
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation The death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other suspected cases in nearby villages in central India. Debt bondage is India’s most common form of slavery despite being outlawed four decades ago, and millions of bonded […]