Poland to charge Ukrainian refugees for government-provided housing
Warsaw, Poland Reuters Poland plans to charge Ukrainian refugees for food and housing after four months of staying in state accommodation, the government said on Tuesday. More than a million Ukrainian refugees made a temporary home in Poland, Ukraine’s western neighbour, after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February, relying on the kindness of strangers who […]
Hindu group to march for Adani port project in India amid Christian protests
Vizhinjam, India Reuters A Hindu group close to India’s ruling party will on Wednesday march in support of a $US900 million port project by the Adani Group which has been stalled by Christian protesters, as tensions rise after clashes in which 80 people were injured. Construction work at the project in Vizhinjam, in Kerala state, […]
“On the verge of an abyss”: At the mercy of gangs and hunger, Haitians survive on remittances
JOSEPH GUYLER DELVER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how many in Haiti are relying on family sending money from abroad to pay for basics as rising prices force citizens into “catastrophic” hunger…
Failures by Mexican law enforcement aggravate rise in killings of women
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters When 27-year-old Ariadna Lopez was found dead beside a highway in the central Mexican state of Morelos in October, local investigators were fast to declare there were “no signs of violence.” Their version – that Lopez died of asphyxiation as a result of alcohol intoxication – quickly unravelled. A girl places […]
Essay: Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It’s anyone’s guess what happens now
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID SG GOODMAN, director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, says while the protests in China are certainly a serious challenge to authority, they should be kept in perspective…