Human Rights

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Volkswagen picks firm for Xinjiang site labour audit -sources

Volkswagen picks firm for Xinjiang site labour audit -sources SHANGHAI/FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) –...

17th October, 2023

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Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists

Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists By Gwladys Fouche and Ilze Filks...

29th September, 2023

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EU plans for company human rights, environment checks face new hurdle

EU plans for company human rights, environment checks face new hurdle By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters)...

31st May, 2023

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Norway wealth fund to vote for labour rights motion at Starbucks AGM

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, will vote...

23rd March, 2023

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Slovenia elects first female president

By Katja Lihtenvalner LJUBLJANA (Reuters) -Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slov...

14th November, 2022

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Germany warns its delegation of Egyptian spies at COP27

BERLIN (Reuters) – German federal police have warned their nation’s delegation at the COP27 environm...

14th November, 2022

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Biden’s COP27, G20 plans: Talk to Xi, pressure Russia, contain North Korea

By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden starts a week-long trip...

10th November, 2022

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London gold body plans expansion to bring in more artisanal metal

LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s most important certifier of gold refineries said on Wednesday it want...

12th October, 2022

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Saudi snitching app turns citizens into social media police

By Nazih Osseiran BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Saudi app that lets ordinary people “play...

6th September, 2022

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Record number of migrants arrive in Britain by boat on a single day

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats hit...

23rd August, 2022

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Pelosi praises Taiwan, says Asian trip wasn’t to change status quo

By Sakura Murakami and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy...

5th August, 2022

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Exclusive-US and Taliban make progress on Afghan reserves, but big gaps remain

By Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Taliban officials...

26th July, 2022