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Christianity

Believers in Africa with “Thank you Putin” posters

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev): Believers in Africa greet us with "Thank you Putin" posters Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Foreign Affairs Department, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev),…

4 February 2022 · 5 min read

GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count 2022 takes off
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Charities

GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count 2022 takes off

From early this morning (Friday 4 February) thousands of farmers, gamekeepers and land managers around the UK are setting off across their fields to count the farmland birds that share…

4 February 2022 · 5 min read

Millions falling behind, how do we close the growing education gap?
© UNICEF/Maria Wamala Mukasa Herbert a pupil at Nakivubo Settlement Nursery and Primary School in Uganda washes his hands on day one of school reopening, January 10th 2022.

Education

Millions falling behind, how do we close the growing education gap?

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on education, laying bare a crisis that was already causing widespread concern well before the spread of the virus. Robert Jenkins, the…

4 February 2022 · 4 min read

European Defence Agency accepts Ombudsman recommendations on revolving doors
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Defense

European Defence Agency accepts Ombudsman recommendations on revolving doors

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has accepted our recommendations concerning how it handled applications by its former Chief Executive to take positions at Airbus. The decision in this inquiry sets…

4 February 2022 · 2 min read

Pandemic threatens push to end Female Genital Mutilation
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America

Pandemic threatens push to end Female Genital Mutilation

The COVID-19 pandemic could reverse decades of global progress in stamping out female genital mutilation (FGM), UN agencies warn ahead of the International Day to eliminate the harmful practice.  Shuttered…

4 February 2022 · 4 min read

Beijing Winter Olympics – let’s give Uyghurs hope for the future, says Jewish human rights charity
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Charities

Beijing Winter Olympics – let’s give Uyghurs hope for the future, says Jewish human rights charity

Ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director of UK Jewish human rights charity has issued this statement: "Today sees the opening…

4 February 2022 · 2 min read