Essay: Life expectancy improves in some countries after big drops in 2020 – but US and others see further falls
University of Oxford scholars JENNIFER BEAM DOWD, JOSÉ MANUEL ABURTO and RIDHI KASHYAP look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the latest data on life expectancy shows…
Quick facts – Surging food prices fuel protests across developing world
Reuters The war in Ukraine and drought fuelled by climate change has sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertiliser soaring. Rising prices for basic food staples is fuelling protests from Indonesia to Iran. Riot police block demonstrators and members of worker unions during a protest against Peru’s President Pedro Castillo’s government and rising food […]
Don’t just arrest – buy better to stop slavery, states urged
Thomson Reuters Foundation Governments will not end labour exploitation or human trafficking by simply targeting criminals and should focus on ensuring the goods and services they provide are free of abuses, a top official at Europe’s security watchdog said on Thursday. Countries have little to no control over the actions of traffickers but can influence […]