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 for ...

The cost of hysterectomies - often prescribed for treating minor ailments - is leaving families destitute and trapping them in debt bondage KARAULI, India, May 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farm ...

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 ...

Sky park shows how space-starved cities can repurpose unused land for green spaces that can ease the effects of climate change BANGKOK, June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new park in Thailand's ...

Reverend Angela Martin of the Maryland Poor People's Campaign takes part in a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Sept 8 (Reuters) - ...

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 ...

About a quarter of the world's population faces severe water shortages exacerbated by climate change - and with that is coming conflict, social unrest and migration BOGOTA, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters ...

Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalise slavery LONDON, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Slavery ...

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 with seven killed in the past two months, ...

A box of vegetables is displayed at a 900 square meters farm garden on the rooftop of a postal sorting center, as part of a project by Facteur Graine (Seed Postman) association to transform a city ...

Women engineers: From L-R Ursula Burns, Dame Stephanie Shirley and Professor Sue Black. Photo supplied by Royal Academy of Engineering * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Annette Coen went for a health check-up last summer in Washington state, she and her doctor discussed concerns around her weight and asthma. Then ...