Exodus of healthcare workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Poorer countries are increasingly losing healthcare workers to wealthier ones as the latter seek to shore up their own staff losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes through active recruitment, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or South-East Asia for […]
Philippines beefs up efforts to contain oil leak from sunken tanker
Manila, Philippines Reuters Philippine authorities have increased efforts to contain an oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker that has affected coastal towns and was still spreading, the environment ministry said on Tuesday, as the country grapples with cleanup challenges. Improvised spill booms made from cogon grass and coconut materials were helping to restrict oil […]
Canada immigration: Why record asylum seekers are crossing border from US
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY and TED HESSON, of Reuters, report on how a sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through unofficial crossings is intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reach an agreement with President Joe Biden to close off the entire land border to most asylum seekers…
Despair in Malawi as cyclone Freddy destroys homes and lives
Blantyre, Malawi Reuters Residents of Blantyre’s Chilobwe township, one of the areas worst-hit by tropical cyclone Freddy, were woken in the early hours by the roaring sound of mud and water as Malawi was battered by the storm taking a second shot at southern Africa. By Tuesday afternoon authorities had counted 190 people dead in […]
Essay: Why people of faith are saying no to fossil fuels
THEA ORMEROD, chair of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, looks at why faith-based organisations are moving their money out of fossil fuel investments and into “climate solutions”…