Pope Francis “astonished” by mob attack on US Capitol
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has told an Italian broadcaster that he was “astonished” by the mob attack at the US Capitol due to the democratic traditions of the United States. The Pope said in an interview with Mediaset that the private broadcaster is set to air on Sunday that even “in the most mature reality, […]
Dominican Republic bans child marriage amid fears of global rise
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation The Dominican Republic needs to change its culture so that women are seen as more than housewives for this week’s ban on child marriage to work, girls’ rights campaigners said on Thursday. The Caribbean nation has one of Latin America’s highest rates of child marriage and early unions – typically where […]
Toxic air in India linked to large number of miscarriages
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Toxic air in India and other South Asian countries could be causing large numbers of miscarriages and stillbirths, scientists said on Thursday. A study in The Lancet medical journal estimated nearly 350,000 pregnancy losses a year in South Asia were linked to high pollution levels, accounting for seven per cent of […]
Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account, cites ‘incitement of violence’ risk
Washington DC/New York, USReuters Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday by hundreds of his supporters. The move to suspend Trump’s account, which had more than 88 million followers, […]
COVID in India: Pandemic drives more people to risk lives in illegal mica mines
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has pushed more people into illegal mica mining…
2020 ties with 2016 as world’s hottest year on record, EU climate change service says
Brussels, Belgium/London, UKReuters Last year tied with 2016 as the world’s warmest year on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday. After an exceptionally warm winter and autumn in Europe, the continent experienced its hottest year on record […]
WHO tells rich countries : stop cutting the vaccines queue
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers. “Rich countries have the majority of the supply,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in […]