Open Book: The prisoner’s letter – clothing yourself with the “new man”
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what Paul writes in Ephesians about the call for Christians to “clothe yourself entirely with the new man”…
Equality won’t happen by itself, says Finnish PM
Davos, Switzerland Thomson Reuters Foundation Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin called on Thursday for governments and companies to do more to ensure women were treated fairly, saying equality would not happen by itself. Gender parity is a big theme at the 50th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, with a host of reports highlighting […]
Democrats use words of Trump allies against him in impeachment trial
Washington, DC Reuters Democrats on Thursday pressed their case at US President Donald Trump’s Senate trial for removing him from office by using the words of his own allies against him to make the point that his actions constituted impeachment offences, but his fellow Republicans showed no signs of turning against him. The Democratic House […]
WHO says “bit too early” to declare coronavirus a global emergency
Updated: 12.30pm Geneva, Switzerland/Beijing, China Reuters A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday, as the World Health Organisation declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern. China’s National Health Commission said 830 cases had been confirmed so […]
Mexico human trafficking cases rise by a third but many states found lagging
Tijuana, Mexico Thomson Reuters Foundation State human trafficking investigations in Mexico rose by a third last year, but academics and activists said that many parts of the country appeared to be struggling to tackle the crime. State authorities launched 515 trafficking cases last year – up from 385 in 2018 – according to new government […]
Domain sale could do ‘irreparable harm’ to millions of charities, NGOs warn
Davos, Switzerland Thomson Reuters Foundation Top NGOs including Greenpeace and Amnesty International called for the $US1.1 billion sale of the .org internet domain to a private company to be blocked on Wednesday, saying it could do “irreparable harm”. Registrations for the millions of nonprofits whose websites end in .org are overseen by the Internet Society […]
Origins: Tennis – a smashing history of how racquets shaped the game
In an article first published on The Conversation, THOMAS ALLEN, of Manchester Metropolitan University, looks at the history of the tennis racquet…
Banana ban and meatless menus, but how green is Davos summit?
Davos, Switzerland Thomson Reuters Foundation When Canadian vegan chef Doug McNish was invited to cook for the annual gathering of the world’s elite in the Swiss Alps, he was taken by surprise – then quickly signed up. McNish, 37, is one of several chefs preparing vegan or vegetarian meals for some of about 3,000 world […]
In vanishing portraits, artist urges world leaders to protect Indigenous tribes
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation From a group of pink-clad women climbing the Peruvian Andes to men in feathered headgear in canoes on a Papua New Guinea lake, an artist is using vanishing portraits of endangered tribes to spur world leaders into action. ‘Blink. And they’re gone’, a film by British artist Jimmy Nelson, challenges business […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: “WE CAN’T CLOSE OUR EYES”, SAYS MARSHALL ISLES EX-PRESIDENT
NICOLE MILNE, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, speaks with Hilda Heine, the Pacific island’s first female leader, following her loss at the nation’s recent presidential election…