Macron must take back “insults” for Brazil to accept G7 Amazon aid – Bolsonaro
Brasilia/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the “insults” made against him before he considers accepting a $US20 million offer from the G7 nations to help fight forest fires in the Amazon. The two leaders have become embroiled in a deeply personal […]
Hong Kong leader says escalation of violence is becoming more serious
Updated 6pm Hong Kong Reuters Violence in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the city’s embattled leader said on Tuesday. Carrie Lam was speaking in public for the first time since demonstrations escalated on Sunday, when police fired water cannon and volleys […]
One pastor killed, another kidnapped in separate attacks in north-central Nigeria
Jos, Nigeria Morning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a Pentecostal pastor and abducted a Baptist pastor in a spate of kidnappings this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. “The herdsmen, about 20 of them, shot into our house and broke the doors of the house,” said Emmanuel Noma, who along with his father, 60-year-old […]
Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring fewer women
London Thomson Reuters Foundation Bosses who do not believe sexism holds back women’s careers are more likely to give jobs to men, a study based on recruitment for top French science research posts found on Monday. The results suggested that training hiring managers about sexist discrimination in the workplace could be a key factor in […]
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When I was four, I remember throwing a ball around the dining room. Something I knew was wrong. Hiding place? PICTURE: Elliott Stallion/Unsplash Well, I knocked over a vase in the middle of the table and it broke. “Oh no! What was I going to do?” Being an exceptionally intelligent and wily four-year-old, I hid where […]
REFUGEES: ROHINGYA WOMEN DEFY THREATS IN CAMPS TO REBUILD LIVES ONE STITCH AT A TIME
NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Bangladesh…
From Ikea to Gap, firms aim to use scarce water more wisely
Stockholm, SwedenThomson Reuters Foundation Putting on a pair of jeans or drinking a beer has a cost beyond the pricetag, with billions of tonnes of water used globally each year to manufacture them and other consumer goods, companies said at an international water conference on Monday. But with population growth and climate change making water […]
Postcards: No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone
NELLIE PEYTON and RICHMOND THOLLEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, poverty
Lindau, Germany RNS The international interfaith organisation Religions for Peace introduced its first-ever female and first-ever Muslim secretary-general at its World Assembly on Friday and unveiled a joint declaration in which attendees vowed to join forces to confront an array of the world’s most difficult problems. The final day of the 20th to 23rd August […]