West backs Ukraine with more air defences, harsh winter of fighting expected
Kyiv, Ukraine/Brussels, BelgiumReuters Ukraine’s allies on Wednesday announced delivery of new air defences and committed more military aid to Kyiv after intense Russian missile strikes and in anticipation of fighting through a harsh winter. More than 50 Western countries met in Brussels on the heels of heavy retaliatory strikes on Ukraine this week ordered by […]
Essay: What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
In an article published on Religion News Service, ROSA LEE HARDEN, executive producer of Faith+Finance, calls for us to reflect “on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them”…
Indian spending on women’s safety “grossly inadequate”, says Oxfam
Mumbai/Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly a decade since the gang rape and murder of a student on a bus shocked India, state spending to combat violence against women and girls is “grossly inadequate”, Oxfam India said on Tuesday. Funds earmarked for setting up helplines, opening crisis centres and introducing gender-sensitisation training for officials remain unspent, […]
Vatican centralises contracting to cut waste, corruption
RomeAP Gone are the days of the half-million euro Christmas Nativity scene in St Peter’s Square. The Vatican is centralising its contracting and procurement procedures in a bid to cut waste, root out corruption and bring the Holy See’s finances into the 21st century. Pope Francis delivers his blessing from his studio window overlooking St […]
Rich nations ramp up anti-slavery funding yet businesses urged to do more
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world’s top economies have ramped up spending on the fight to eradicate modern-day slavery, according to new United Nations figures, but campaigners said businesses needed to play a greater role by ensuring their supply chains are slave-free. Upcoming UN data given exclusively to the Thomson Reuters Foundation showed overseas aid spending […]
More than 80 per cent of Australians would consider changes to Christmas spending, poll finds
More than 80 per cent of Australians would consider making changes to their usual Christmas spending habits to help the environment and rein in mass consumption, according to a Oxfam Australia-commissioned poll. The nation-wide online survey of 1,000 people, conducted by Research Now, found that almost half of those surveyed – 45 per cent – […]