Rights groups petition European watchdog to secure clean water in French Caribbean
Reuters The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Thursday it has filed a collective complaint to a European rights body to demand that France urgently ensures access to drinking water in its Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe. The island territory has long faced water shortages, which right groups associate to poor infrastructure and contamination […]
Postcards: Mexico City’s thirst for water lays bare inequalities, changing climate
BRENDAN O’BOYLE, HENRY ROMERO and CARLOS CARRILLO, of Reuters, report from Mexico…
Pope decries shame of racism, like “virus” lurking in wait
Vatican City AP Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show that “our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive” as people think. Francis tweeted on racism on the date that the United Nations marks as International Day for the […]