Yemeni children are dying from starvation and disease as trucks with life-saving supplies are blocked in port, leaving medical staff and desperate mothers imploring aid workers to do more, a senior U.

What we choose to eat, how we move around and how these activities contribute to climate change is receiving a lot of media attention. In this context, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and ...

Large gaps in rates of employment, education, and earnings persist across races, says San Francisco Federal Reserve president Sept 8 (Reuters) - Racial and ethnic inequities have cost the U.S ...

Many countries could see significant falls in GDP by 2030 if they fail to better conserve biodiversity and natural systems By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The ...

A new AI-based study compares cities' trees and lakes to how much concrete they have, to gauge their ability to respond to climate shocks By Kim Harrisberg DURBAN, March 24 (Thomson Reuters ...

Use of facial recognition technology to identify women breaking hijab law puts them at greater risk of abuse, activists say Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law Technology ...

When women enter politics, they make a difference. So why are so few in the highest ranks of power?

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants wearing face masks participate in a protest against the blockade of buses that they hired to reach the Colombian-Venezuelan border, amid the outbreak of the ...

Ambitious spending on girls’ schooling and overall well-being will forge fairer and wealthier societies, new analysis finds ...

In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stoning, a form of execution where a group throws stones at a person until they are dead, still happens in parts of the Muslim world, mostly as a punishment ...

The pilot project is among the world's largest peer-to-peer renewable energy trading platforms using blockchain By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Residents in a ...