Ethiopian marathon medalist stays put in Rio, vows fight for land Sally Hayden ...

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.

ADEN, March 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For thousands of years, a network of aqueducts and basins helped Yemen's port city of Aden cope with both floods and drought. Today, plastic bags ...

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 ...

John Knox, a professor at Wake Forest University, was the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2012 to 2018. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, who is a member of the Kankana-ey ...

A new design for a public market by Dutch design firm Shift architecture urbanism, based on social distancing rules and compactness, aims to help cities emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Photo ...

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 ...

Exceeding heat limits in the Paris Agreement on climate change could threaten thousands of species in the Amazon and beyond RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Many of Brazil's ...

Almost 400 leaders of the world’s main religions say countries should also scrap laws that criminalise same-sex relations LONDON, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 400 global ...

Web Summit conference hears plans by Danish architecture firm BIG and Chinese tech company Terminus to build an AI-run city in Chongqing ...

TBILISI, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As coronavirus closes churches, synagogues and mosques worldwide, religious leaders are taking faith online to ensure God's word gets to the ...

Air pollution also contributes to 107,000 premature deaths per year in the United States, a report finds By Matthew Lavietes NEW YORK, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Air pollution from ...