UN experts scathing about “tone-deaf” UK report on racial equality
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN human rights experts on Monday rejected a review commissioned by Britain’s government into race inequality as an attempt to “normalise white supremacy despite considerable research and evidence of institutional racism”. The report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, issued on 31st March, said that Britain should be seen as […]
World can bring pandemic under control within months – WHO chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly, the head of the World Health Organization told a news briefing on Monday. Global climate change activist Greta Thunberg, joining the briefing as a virtual guest from Sweden, took a swipe at […]
Pakistan Islamists behind anti-France protests free 11 abducted police
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Islamist radicals in Pakistan on Monday released 11 police abducted during violent anti-blasphemy protests against France over the weekend, the interior minister said as his government opened negotiations with the group after a week of violence. All main businesses, markets and shopping malls and public transport were closed in major cities in […]
Haiti win raises hopes for women seeking child support from UN peacekeepers
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation A historic court order for a former United Nations peacekeeper to pay child support for a daughter he fathered while stationed in Haiti raises hopes for dozens of other mothers seeking similar claims worldwide, the woman’s lawyers said. A judge in Jacmel, a port in southern Haiti, ordered a Uruguayan peacekeeper […]
Italy’s Salvini sent to trial on migrant kidnapping charge
Palermo, ItalyReuters Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, must stand trial on charges of kidnapping over his decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country in 2019, a judge has ordered. Salvini, who was interior minister at that time, left the migrants stranded at sea until prosecutors ordered the […]
Green and cheap? Doubts dog Lebanon’s first electric car
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Lebanon is launching its first electric car – billed as cheap and green – but sceptics say subsidised power will count for little in a flat economy reliant on fossil fuels and struggling to attract investment into renewable energy. Designed by Lebanon’s EV Electra, the coupe-style ‘Rise’ is the country’s first […]
Deadly clashes after Islamists take police hostage in Pakistan’s Lahore
Lahore, PakistanReuters Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader. The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan group had given the government a 20th April deadline to expel the French ambassador over the […]
Neighbourhoods united: Highway removal gains steam in US cities
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the fight to reunite divided communities through the removal of elevated highways…
Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions
AP In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access – or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what they view as voter-suppression measures targeting Black and Hispanic people. Similar initiatives have been undertaken in Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and […]
Essay: Christians should change how they talk about people with a criminal record
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMES ACKERMAN, president of Prison Fellowship in the US, writes about why words matter when describing people in reference to the prison system…