Nicaragua stages unprecedented roundup of opposition leaders
Managua, NicaraguaAP Nicaraguan police have arrested another opposition politician, bringing to six the number detained over the weekend in an unprecedented roundup of opponents of President Daniel Ortega. Five were arrested Sunday, the biggest one-day roundup so far in Ortega’s campaign to jail anyone who might challenge his rule. The last arrest, which came late […]
Essay: 152 million reasons to end child labour
Saturday marked World Day Against Child Labour. CHANTELLE MAYO, of Baptist World Aid Australia, reflects on what’s needed to break cycles of poverty and exploitation…
Postcards: As AI-based loan apps boom in India, some borrowers miss out
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the difficulties facing some as loans are increasingly made via apps in India…
UN readies for more displaced Afghans after troop withdrawal
United NationsReuters The United Nations is preparing for a likely further displacement of civilians in Afghanistan after US and international troops leave the country in September, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi told Reuters on Monday. Violence has been rising as foreign forces begin withdrawing and efforts to broker a peace settlement between the Afghan Government […]
Southern Baptists quash expanded sex abuse probe, for now
Nashville, Tennessee, US AP The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee on Monday quashed a push for an independent committee to lead a probe of its handling of sex abuse cases, but the proposal is almost certain to resurface when the nation’s largest denomination holds its biggest and most contentious annual meeting in decades. The push […]