Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic
Updated: 10.30pm (AEDT)Baghdad, IraqAP Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit. The Pope, who wore a facemask during the […]
Pew survey shows hardening American attitudes toward China
Beijing, ChinaAP New polling from the Pew Research Center shows strong negative attitudes among Americans toward China, with almost nine out of 10 adults seeing the country as hostile or a danger to US interests. Negative feelings have increased over human rights, economic friction, China’s authoritarian Communist Party political system and perceptions that China wishes […]
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#MeWho? Global firms lag on sex harassment, women-friendly policy
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Most big firms are failing to ban sex harassment at work or enact policies that let mothers work flexibly, a global workplace equality index found on Thursday, highlighting the obstacles women face at work. Fewer than half of firms’ policies directly address sex harassment, despite years of #MeToo campaigns that show […]
Australia building world’s first platypus sanctuary
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian conservationists on Wednesday unveiled plans to build the world’s first refuge for the platypus, to promote breeding and rehabilitation as the duck-billed mammal faces extinction due to climate change. The Taronga Conservation Society Australia and the New South Wales State Government said they would build the specialist facility, mostly ponds and burrows […]
Brian Houston apologises for Hillsong NYC’s “failings”, promises whistleblower policy
RNS Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong, apologised on Thursday for the leadership crisis at the global evangelical church’s New York outpost resulting from an adulterous affair carried on by its now former pastor, Carl Lentz. In a document that accompanied his letter of apology, Hillsong promised to institute sexual harassment training and a mechanism […]
Recalling terror: Ahead of Pope visit, survivor remembers Iraq church massacre
SAMYA KULLAB, of Associated Press, speaks with Louis Climis about the 2010 attack on a Baghdad church which created a chasm of mistrust that continues to this day…
Ethiopia’s migrants turn to sex work as pandemic sends them home
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation As an Ethiopian working as a maid in Dubai, life was far from easy for Yemisrach. But when the coronavirus pandemic struck, forcing her to return home and take up sex work, things got a whole lot worse. Hiding her bruised face behind dark glasses, Yemisrach said she had been […]
Essay: Forcibly sterilised during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
In an article first published on The Conversation, ÑUSTA CARRANZA KO, of the University of Baltimore, looks at the fight for justice for the victims of forced sterilisation in Peru…