Trump to be moved to hospital for treatment after COVID-19 diagnosis
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump is moving to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a White House official said on Friday, as his administration and election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency. Trump, 74, will be moved to a special suite at Walter […]
Trump and wife Melania test positive for COVID-19
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and were going into quarantine, upending the race for the White House. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” the President said in a late night […]
Ethnic identifiers in Myanmar election app criticised
Yangon, Myanmar/Bangkok, ThailandAP A Sweden-based organisation that promotes democracy and assists in organizing elections said Thursday it is not responsible for a smartphone application’s inclusion of a controversial term describing the ethnic background of at least two candidates in Myanmar’s upcoming elections. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, said in […]
Snapshot: Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia
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US election – Biden campaign labels racism as religious issue at post-debate event
RNS A day after the subject of racism played a primary role during the Cleveland presidential debate, it was declared a religious issue at a virtual event of the Joe Biden presidential campaign. “We know that as people of faith, racism flies in the face of the idea of imago Dei, the idea that everyone is […]
Amazon losses help drive growing wildfires elsewhere in Brazil
Sao Paulo, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Losses of Amazon rainforest are helping drive increasingly severe droughts in southern Brazil and Argentina that are contributing to surging wildfires there this season, a Brazilian scientist said. More than three million hectares of land have burned this year in Brazil’s wildlife-rich Pantanal, a tropical wetlands that normally alternates between […]
Inequality seen as a root cause of West Africa’s Sahel crisis
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Unequal access to wealth is one of the main causes of worsening violence in West Africa’s Sahel, which has forced millions to flee their homes, conflict analysts said on Thursday. While Islamist groups are active in the troubled region, just south of the Sahara desert, the unrest is driven more by […]
“Dramatic” global rise in laws defending rights of nature
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation From Bolivia to New Zealand, rivers and ecosystems in at least 14 countries have won the legal right to exist and flourish, as a new way of safeguarding nature gains steam, US environmental groups said on Thursday. Rights of nature laws, allowing residents to sue over harm on behalf of […]
Coronavirus in Africa: Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind continent’s low fatality rates from pandemic
ALEXANDER WINNING, of Reuters, reports on why coronavirus doesn’t appear to have hit Africa as hard as had been expected…
UN chief urges equality fight, US slams China for “murder” of baby girls
New York City, USReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday of a recent pushback against gender equality and women’s rights and urged people to fight back as the United States slammed China and the world body for “the murder of millions of baby girls.” World leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor […]