Winners of ‘Green Nobel’ fight deforestation, coal power
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation As a teenage mother and activist, Liz Chicaje would travel by boat and foot across Peru’s Amazon rainforest with her young daughter campaigning to protect the ancestral lands of the Bora Indigenous people from illegal logging and mining. To preserve the forest that the Bora and other Indigenous people depend on […]
Updated: Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Updated: 10am AESTGazaReuters Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory. The flare-up, a first test for Israel’s new government, followed a march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday by Jewish […]
Philippines’ Duterte will not cooperate with ICC probe into bloody anti-drugs campaign
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an investigation into the country’s bloody war on drugs planned by the International Criminal Court, his spokesperson said on Tuesday while defending the administration’s record on human rights. Rights groups and critics of the drug killings have welcomed the step by the ICC, saying […]
‘Diamond rush’ grips South African village after discovery of unidentified stones
KwaHlathi, South AfricaReuters More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a discovery of unidentified stones in the area. The people travelled from across South Africa to join villagers who have been digging since Saturday, after a herd man who dug up […]
Music: Justin Bieber’s ‘Justice’ – smooth vocals with a higher goal.
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Justin Bieber’s album, ‘Justice’…
US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers
Washington DC, US AP A new US intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the US Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly fail to come true. Many QAnon followers believe former President Donald Trump was […]
USAID to grant $US115 million in aid to El Salvador to stem migration
San SalvadorReuters The United States will grant $US115 million in cooperation aid to El Salvador to slow migration from the Central American country, Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, said on Monday. “We can work with local partners in Central America to expand opportunities for youth and help them get […]
Outgoing UN aid chief slams G7 for failing on vaccine plan
United NationsReuters Outgoing UN aid chief Mark Lowcock slammed the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Monday for failing to come up with a plan to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, describing the G7 pledge to provide one billion doses over the next year as a “small step”. “These sporadic, small-scale, charitable handouts from rich […]
Hope
Charles Dickens wrote “The pain of parting is nothing compared to the joy of reunion.” PICTURE: Ron Smith/Unsplash This is an idea explored in the Bible, where a character like Joseph suffers terribly, sold as a slave and falsely put in jail. Yet, after decades of suffering, providence rewards him for his faithfulness and […]
Trees or tourists?: Jamaica’s COVID recovery push threatens green aims
KATE CHAPPELL, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges facing Caribbean nations like Jamaica as they look to post-COVID tourism while addressing climate change…