Spain vows to restore order after thousands swim into Ceuta from Morocco
Ceuta, SpainReuters A sudden influx of migrants swimming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa is a serious crisis for Europe, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday, vowing to re-establish order promptly amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Morocco. Spain deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after around 8,000 […]
Essay: Why genocide survivors can offer a way to heal from the trauma of the pandemic year
In an article first published on The Conversation, DONALD E MILLER, a professor of religion at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, looks at what the healing process of genocide survivors may offer for post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery…
Fossil fuel giants and banks under fire for rise in single-use plastics
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Production of single-use plastics is set to grow 30 per cent in the next five years, fuelling their contribution to global warming and ocean pollution, researchers said on Tuesday as they published a list of companies that manufacture and fund throwaway plastic. The first “Plastic Waste Makers Index“, published by the Australia-based […]
Postcards: Pedal power – in lockdown, Tunisia’s cyclists fight for space
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to improve cycling infrastructure in the Tunisian capital…
Famine looms in southern Madagascar, UN’s food agency says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Famine threatens southern Madagascar after drought and sandstorms ruined harvests, reducing people to eating locusts and leaves, the United Nations’ World Food Programme said on Friday. The lives of children are in danger, especially those under five years old whose malnutrition rates have reached “alarming levels”, Amer Daoudi, senior director of global WFP […]