Maui wildfires deadliest in a century as death toll hits 89
Kahului, Hawaii Reuters The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 89 on Saturday, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century – and the total is likely to rise in coming days as search teams with cadaver dogs continue sifting through the ruins of Lahaina. The scale of the damage came […]
One in two people globally lost income due to the pandemic – Gallup
Nairobi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation One in two people worldwide saw their earnings drop due to the coronavirus, with people in low-income countries particularly hard hit by job losses or cuts to their working hours, according to new research. US-based polling company Gallup, which surveyed 300,000 people across 117 countries, found that half of those with […]
Female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate, UN says
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday. FGM remains as common today as 30 years ago in Somalia, Mali, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Chad and Senegal, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said, while countries […]
Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries’ wealth – report
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists said in a new report, dispelling the notion that impoverished, warm countries will suffer the most on a warming planet. Researchers who examined data from 174 countries […]
World’s biggest firms foresee $US1 trillion climate cost hit
LondonReuters More than 200 of the world’s largest listed companies forecast that climate change could cost them a combined total of almost $US1 trillion, with much of the pain due in the next five years, according to a report published on Tuesday. Even so, the findings by charity CDP suggested many companies still underestimated the […]
As people flee wars, disaster, countries lose ‘billions’
Thomson Reuters Foundation People fleeing war, natural disasters or violence within their own countries could be costing countries a combined $US13 billion a year, a new study released on Wednesday revealed. The yearly financial losses ranged from $US174 in Somalia to $US451 in the Central African Republic, said researchers at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre […]
Lost lives, lost billions: the cost of child marriage in Africa
Thomson Reuters Foundation Child marriage is costing African countries at least $US60 billion in lost lifetime earnings, more than what the world gives the continent in aid each year, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Be it high school dropout rates, teen pregnancy or poor health outcomes, the cost of child marriage is far from just monetary, […]