Davos 2023: Climate change leads to more malaria, tuberculosis up in a recession
Davos, SwitzerlandReuters Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday. Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “Whenever […]
Wow!: Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farming
CAROLINE WAMBUI, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a Kenya county is helping farmers build fish ponds in a bid to even out water availability and diversify incomes…
On King’s holiday in the US, daughter calls for bold action over words
Atlanta, US AP America has honoured Martin Luther King, Jr, with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. Rev Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders – especially politicians – […]
After 30 years, Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital
Palermo, Italy Reuters Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer. Nicknamed “Diabolik” and “‘U Siccu” (The Skinny One), Messina Denaro had been sentenced in absentia […]
Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The atmosphere at the Pentecostal church in the city of Kasindi in eastern Congo was upbeat on Sunday as hundreds gathered for a series of baptisms. The congregation swelled beyond capacity, forcing organisers to move the service outside. Then, about 10 minutes in, a blast rocked the courtyard where […]
Death toll from strike on Ukraine apartment block rises to 40
Dnipro/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’s three-month campaign of firing missiles at cities far from the front. Ukraine says the mass civilian deaths, which it describes as […]
New Zealand’s southern waters experiencing marine heatwave
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Waters around New Zealand’s South Island are as much as six degrees Celsius warmer than normal due to climate change, the weather phenomenon La Nina and a series of high pressure systems, according to scientists. Metservice oceanographer Joao de Souza, who is part of the Moana Project, said that waters around the […]
Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly air crash
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said. Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out of the 72 people onboard the ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines that crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes […]
Davos 2023: Climate activists protest over big oil hijacking debate
Davos, SwitzerlandReuters Climate activists protested in Davos on Sunday against the role of big oil firms at this week’s World Economic Forum, saying they were hijacking the climate debate. Major energy firms including BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco are among the 1,500 business leaders gathering for the annual meeting in the Swiss resort, where global […]
The Interview: Martin Luther King Jr scholar Lewis V Baldwin
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Lewis V Baldwin, emeritus professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University, about his recent book, ‘The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr’…