Multi-national companies account for nearly a fifth of global CO2 emissions, researchers say
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The global supply chains of multi-national companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study. But the businesses outsource many of these emissions to poorer parts of the world by investing in production in developing countries, said […]
Baptists and Walmart criticise rebel-themed Mississippi flag
Jackson, Mississippi, USAP The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag drew opposition Tuesday from two big forces in the culturally conservative state: Southern Baptists and Walmart. Walmart said it will stop displaying the Mississippi flag while the state debates whether to change the design. The Mississippi Baptist Convention said lawmakers have a moral obligation to remove the Confederate […]
Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas, USReuters A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers and employees scurried for cover before the gunman surrendered to police at the scene. Many shoppers in the busy store were buying back-to-school […]
ESSAY: WHY AMERICANS HAVE LONG BEEN FASCINATED BY GUNFIGHTING PREACHERS
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEVE PINKERTON, a lecturer in English at Case Western Reserve University in the US, looks at the fascination with pastors bearing firearms…