Canadian lawmakers back resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslims
Ottawa, Canada Reuters The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favour of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China’s Xinjiang region into Canada over two years. The House of Commons voted 322-0 for Liberal member of parliament Sameer Zuberi’s bill, which also called on the government to recognise […]
A Sustainable Life: What do oranges, coffee grounds and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion
In an article first published on The Conversation, RAJIKISHORE NAYAK, associate professor at RMIT University Vietnam, looks at how non-traditional fibres could be a potential game changer in the fashion world…
Lost radioactive capsule found in Australian Outback after huge search
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule smaller than a coin that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400 kilometres stretch of highway, officials said. The Caesium-137 capsule lost in transit more than two weeks ago was discovered when a […]
As ice recedes, Italian ship makes record journey into Antarctic
Rome, Italy Reuters An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles. The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78° 44.280 S […]
El Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown
San Salvador Reuters Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America’s largest prisons, more than doubling the country’s incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs is causing the prison population to soar. The 40,000-capacity Terrorism Confinement Center was inaugurated on Tuesday to help relieve some of the overpopulation in the country’s […]
Pakistan says mosque bomber may have had “internal assistance”
Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani police investigating how a suicide bomber reached a mosque inside a highly fortified compound and killed over 100 people said on Wednesday the attacker may have had “internal assistance”, and that several suspects had been arrested. Monday’s bombing was the deadliest in a decade to hit Peshawar, a restive north-western city […]
Russian missile destroys Ukrainian apartment building; three dead, say police
Reuters A Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged seven more in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and injuring 20, regional police said. Local authorities initially said Russia had fired a rocket but the police force later said an Iskander-K tactical missile had struck at […]
Got milk?: Indian camel herders cash in with solar-powered coolers
MOUSHUMI BASU, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how instant milk chillers are boosting pastoralists’ earnings…
Parents grieve for three-month old baby, a victim of Afghanistan’s deadly winter
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Shamila doesn’t have a photo of the baby son who died in her arms in freezing temperatures at their home in Kabul this month, but she remembers his face perfectly. “He had a white and bright face, big eyes, a small nose and black hair,” she said. The parents of Amrullah, a child […]
Essay: A global vaccine database?
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER says there are “huge potential downsides” to Tony Blair’s proposal for a global database of the vaccinated…