Italy is likely to register a strong protest vote against belt-tightening on Monday in local elections that will provide a fresh snapshot of Europe's changing political landscape a year ahead of a ...

Cities around the world are purposefully slowing down and quietening urban life, with an eye on improving health and well-being WASHINGTON/LONDON, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Music teacher ...

Most countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, with North Korea ranked worst in the world LONDON, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 percent of countries ...

ADDIS ABABA, March 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yenenesh Tilahun was 22 years old when she left Ethiopia in search of a better-paid job to support her family. She first worked on a farm in Lebanon ...

LONDON, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average ...

GENEVA/NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere hit a record high this year, a United Nations report showed on Wednesday, as an economic slowdown amid ...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - India is the most vulnerable country to climate change, followed by Pakistan, the Philippines and Bangladesh, a ranking by HSBC showed on Monday. The bank assessed 67 ...

As Britain announces its 'green industrial revolution' and bans the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, here's a roundup of other countries' plans Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain will ban the ...

Up to 40% of global crop production is lost to plant pests and diseases, says the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization NAIROBI, June 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ravenous pests are on the march ...

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 DURBAN, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate ...

Mother-of-eight Ruth Berry Peal, who was kidnapped and subjected to FGM, sits outside a house in Liberia’s capital Monrovia, February 2013. Photo by Ruth Njeng'ere of Equality Now LONDON (Thomson ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Without immediate action to combat climate change, rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within ...