Complaints of maltreatment have come to surface this week for a Canadian activewear company. Lululemon Athletica Inc. has stated that it is investigating one of its factories in Bangladesh after claims of women being abused and overworked. A more basic pair of leggings from Lululemon is roughly $100-120. A pair with any type of design or special color may be… Read more »
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge have recently been on a five day tour with an increasingly relevant theme; climate change. The royal duo recently took to Pakistan, among other countries, to witness firsthand how climate change is affecting the Earth. Pakistan is home to roughly 7,200 glaciers. Over the last 50 years, 7,000 of those glaciers have… Read more »
DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Canadian yoga pants specialist, Lululemon Athletica Inc, said on Tuesday it was investigating a factory in Bangladesh over the treatment of female workers making its clothes. Factory workers said they were verbally abused, beaten, forced to work overtime and paid about 85 pounds ($110) a month – less than the cost of a pair of… Read more »
(Repeats item issued earlier. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) * GRAPHIC: India’s coal imports: tmsnrt.rs/33vF3ly By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, Oct 16 (Reuters) – India’s coal imports are on track to decline for a third straight month in October, a drop that seems out of kilter with the ongoing struggles of state… Read more »
(This Oct. 15 story corrects second paragraph to say Iran economy would be 90% of its size two years ago, not 90% smaller) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s economy is expected to shrink by 9.5% this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, down from a previous estimate of a 6% contraction, as the country feels the impact of tighter U.S…. Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 27 on Wednesday when he set off explosives in a truck near a police headquarters in Afghanistan, officials said. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, confirmed in a statement that the militants had used a large truck, packed with explosives in the attack in the eastern province… Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate on Wednesday visited a melting glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range not far from Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, witnessing first hand the impact of climate change their trip is seeking to highlight. They flew by helicopter to the northern tip of the Chiatibo glacier, where a climate change expert… Read more »
UDAIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – South Asian pastoralists facing shrinking rangelands and a rise in conflicts over the right to roam must be allowed greater involvement in managing lands to help secure their survival, land experts said on Thursday. Herders around the world are coming under pressure from governments to settle down and stop their livestock roaming, as they… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is among the world’s most protectionist countries but the United States is trying to negotiate a limited trade deal with the South Asian nation to resolve their differences, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said on Thursday. “All that we are looking for is to level the playing field,” Ross said in an interview on… Read more »
On September 18, 2019 the United States ordered a drone strike, with the purpose of hitting an Islamic State hideout. On the very same day, it was reported that a truck bomb supplied by the Taliban killed over 30 people in close proximity to a hospital in Qalati Ghilji. The drone strike was intended to hit IS terrorists in Nangarhar…. Read more »