Water inequality: As taps run dry, Mexican drought fuels anger over access
DIANA BAPTISTA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how strict rationing has left millions of Monterrey residents without tap water for hours or days at a time, fuelling long-standing anger over water concessions that favour big companies…
Back to the land: Lebanese family turns to farming to survive crises
Houla, Lebanon Reuters In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon’s own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency. Like many families in crisis-plagued Lebanon, Shreim turned to farming after the local pound […]
Essay: Ukraine conflict – how both sides are breaking the law on prisoners of war
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTOPH BLUTH, Professor of International Relations and Security at the University of Bradford, looks at violations against POWs…
Report finds 196 clerics abused minors in German diocese
Berlin, GermanyAP A report released Monday found that at least 196 clerics in the German Catholic diocese of Muenster sexually abused minors between 1945 and 2020, adding to findings from other dioceses that have shaken the church in the country. The study, commissioned by the diocese in western Germany and carried out over two-and-a-half years […]
Wow!: Former coal hub Nottingham aims to become Britain’s first net zero city
SAMUEL BAUGH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how former fossil fuel industry hub Nottingham is aiming to slash its carbon emissions to reach net zero by 2028…
Pope nixes procession but plans Mass for Congolese on 3rd July
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis cancelled his participation in a religious procession this weekend due to ongoing knee pain, but said Monday he hoped to celebrate a special Mass for Italy’s Congolese community after he had to postpone his planned visit to Africa. “We’ll bring Kinshasa to St Peter’s,” Francis told a group of missionary priests, […]