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 […]
Dig at UK housing site may have yielded grave of early female Christian religious leader
London, UKAP A 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the grave of a powerful woman who may have been an early Christian religious leader in Britain, archaeologists said Tuesday. Experts say the necklace, uncovered with other items near Northampton in central England, is part of the […]
The Long Read: In Ecuador’s Amazon, Indigenous forest defence gains legal ground
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the efforts of Indigenous communities to mining and oil development at bay from their lands…
Egypt: Cairo’s street trees fall foul of urban development drive
MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on protests by Cairo residents and environmentalists over tree-felling, which come as Egypt’s government prepares to host the COP27 climate summit in November…
Egypt: New bridge spells end to life in Old Cairo’s City of the Dead
The Thomson Reuters Foundation report on concerns over the impacts of a major bridge project in the sprawling Egyptian capital…
The Interview: Daniel Wordsworth, CEO of World Vision Australia
A year since he took the reins at World Vision Australia, Daniel Wordsworth speaks with DAVID ADAMS about the challenges World Vision has faced during the pandemic, the concept of ‘belief fatigue’, and how his job is about bringing the Kingdom of God to Earth now…
Boon or bane?: Malaysian island reclamation plan divides residents
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a controversial project proposed for the Malaysian island of Penang…
Postcards: Fishermen fight to keep land as El Salvador chases surfers
ANNA-CAT BRIGIDA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the remote community of Isla Tasajera…
In Asia’s booming cities, urban planners urged to include the poor
Penang, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Urban planners in rapidly expanding Asian cities must involve the poorest residents in decision-making and include informal spaces if they are serious about tackling inequality, development experts said on Wednesday. More than 2.3 billion people in Asia-Pacific live in cities, and that number is expected to reach nearly 3.5 billion in […]
WATER WARS: INDIGENOUS LOCALS GO UP AGAINST MEXICO CITY AIRPORT
OSCAR LOPEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Mexico…