Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize
AP Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her expertise on chimpanzees and her globe-spanning advocacy of environmental causes, was named Thursday as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. Goodall, born in London in 1934, traveled to Kenya in 1957 and met […]
COVID-19’s pharma billionaires could vaccinate the world’s poor, charities say
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation COVID-19 vaccine profits have created at least nine billionaires whose combined wealth would be enough to inoculate all of the world’s poor, a coalition of charities and activists said on Thursday, calling for a more equitable distribution of jabs. The new billionaires – who include senior executives from US firm Moderna […]
Israel and Hamas agree Gaza truce to end 11 days of conflict
Gaza/Jerusalem Reuters Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of Friday, the Palestinian Islamist faction and Egyptian state TV said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to the fiercest fighting in years. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his security cabinet had voted unanimously in favour of a “mutual and […]
Australian doctors warn vaccine hesitancy makes citizens “sitting ducks”
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s peak medical body on Thursday warned the country’s residents were “sitting ducks” for COVID-19, as business leaders call for the international border to be reopened faster despite a sluggish national vaccination drive. The Australian Medical Association said it was worried many Australians were delaying getting vaccinated because of the country’s success in […]
On the Screen: A true, inspiring and, at times, downright absurd, biopic from the civil rights movement
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Son of the South’…
Queue-jumping? Global vaccine shortage imperils Glasgow climate talks
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Poorer nations struggling to access COVID-19 vaccines may make the “moral” choice not to send delegates to November’s UN climate summit in Scotland if others more in need of the doses remain at risk, climate and health experts warned on Wednesday. Giving climate-talks delegates priority in vaccine-short countries would go against […]
Origins: The history of sneakers – from commodity to cultural icon
In an article first published on The Conversation, NAOMI BRAITHWAITE, a senior lecturer in fashion marketing and branding at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, looks at the history – and rise – of sneakers (or trainers if you prefer)…
Fears for supplies in Myanmar as exodus grows from fighting
Reuters People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar’s Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies, as more flee the conflict between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February. The exodus also threatens to push more people over the nearby border with India, where an Indian Government […]
From beef to chocolate, illegal deforestation found behind many everyday foods
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 70 per cent of tropical forests cleared for cattle ranching and crops such as soybeans and palm oil were deforested illegally between 2013 and 2019, a study showed on Tuesday, warning of the impact on global efforts to fight climate change. Illegal logging was behind the loss of 4.5 million […]
Armed men kill 15 at baptism in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Reuters Unidentified assailants killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Adjarara, about seven kilometres from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according […]