Ukraine war: Six months that shook the world
Reuters looks at key moments during six months of conflict in Ukraine…
SOS! Scientists sound climate alarm with exclamation mark
Oslo, NorwayThomson Reuters Foundation Most scientific studies – even those with remarkable findings – have long had their wider appeal dimmed by unremarkable titles. But as researchers – who mostly err on the side of cautious understatement – grow more alarmed by worsening climate change impacts including heatwaves, droughts and melting ice, an unfamiliar piece […]
Essay: Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data
Scholar of modern slavery – MONTI DATTA, ANGHARAD SMITH, and KEVIN BALES – look, in an article first published on The Conversation, about what their research shows about the connection between slavery and conflict…
Postcards: Nepali woman’s quest to learn takes her back to school with son
GOPAL SHARMA, of Reuters, reports on one woman’s determination to finish her interrupted education…
Brazil’s da Silva says Bolsonaro taking low road in campaign
Sao Paulo, BrazilAP Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running to return to the job, said on Monday his rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, is taking the low road against him and his family on the campaign trail. Speaking in his first news conference for foreign journalists since the campaign began, the […]
Pope visit to Italian city spotlights need for rules on ex-pontiffs
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis has quashed rumours that he plans to resign anytime soon but his planned visit next weekend to the Italian city of L’Aquila will underscore the Catholic Church’s need to regulate the status of pontiffs who step down instead of ruling for life. L’Aquila is the burial place of Celestine V, […]