by Agency Reporter | Feb 11, 2023 | Briefing
AUTHORITIES IN BRAZIL have launched a major operation to remove thousands of illegal goldminers from the Yanomami territory in the north of the country. Agents from the Environmental Protection Agency IBAMA and Indigenous Affairs Department FUNAI are involved,...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 11, 2023 | Briefing
WITH THE FIVE LARGEST private oil and gas companies – BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and Total – having announced record profits for 2022, new analysis by Global Witness has calculated that the companies cumulatively earned $134 billion more than in a normal financial...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 10, 2023 | Briefing
NEW RESEARCH from Action for Children suggests that up to 1.95 million children in the UK could be trapped in poverty as their parents face at least one major barrier to working themselves out of hardship. Despite the Prime Minister’s recent assertion that the best...
by Staff Writer | Feb 10, 2023 | Briefing
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN and Amnesty International have strongly criticised the review of the UK’s counter-terrorism Prevent duty, published on 8 February. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) believes that the review will make Britain less safe and will make...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2023 | Briefing
OVER THREE QUARTERS of the UK public (78 per cent) do not think they could live on the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage, according to new polling by Opinium for the London Progression Collaboration ahead of National Apprenticeship Week. More than six in 10 people (61 per...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2023 | Briefing
THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL will meet in Brussels this week, on 9 and 10 February, for a summit to discuss Ukraine/Russia, the economy and migration. Ahead of the summit, Stephanie Pope, Oxfam EU migration expert commented on the proposal relating to migration and border...
