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Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Keeping the faith: Amid Covid-19 pandemic, religious sermons are being delivered on social media

Religious leaders across the world are also advocating social distancing.

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Mar 25, 2020 · 01:30 pm
How watching too many cat videos harms the planet

In 2018, global online video viewings alone generated as much carbon emission as all of Spain.

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Feb 23, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Recipe for change: Chefs in Britain are finding new ways to reduce food waste

As third of all food produced globally is binned every year while 815 million people go to bed hungry every night.

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· May 27, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Indians working in exploitative conditions on Italian farms are using opium to numb the pain

About 30,000 Indians, mainly Sikhs from Punjab, live in the Pontine Marshes. Most of them work as labourers, for 13 hours a day for a pittance.

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jul 21, 2017 · 08:30 pm