BBC3y
Xinjiang cotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans?
Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour. Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains ...
PBS10y
The Cotton Economy and Slavery
What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ...
BBC3y
Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlash grows
China is targeting more Western clothes retailers as international backlash grows over claims of abuses in the cotton-growing Xinjiang region. Several major brands have expressed concern over ...
Mediaite on MSN1mon
‘No Kaitlan, You’re Not Going to Stop Me There!’ Tom Cotton Throws Down with CNN Host Collins
An interview between CNN host Kaitlan Collins and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) became tense on Tuesday after Cotton repeatedly laid into Collins and accused her of misrepresenting a Senate vote to ...
The New Indian Express26d
TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh questioned by CBI in RG Kar rape-murder case
The CBI also repeatedly summoned the inspector-in-charge of Ghola police station but he didn't turn up. In addition, the CBI summoned the man who cremated the victim's body and the doctor who ...