African nations are fighting to contain the coronavirus amid fears that widespread poverty and weak health systems could result in devastating losses across the continent. Follow the latest ...

R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage ...

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 ...

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LONGYEARBYEN, Norway, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A cavernous bunker on a remote island above the Arctic Circle, where polar bears roam, holds the key to 12,000 years of agriculture but also ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. While we must scale up the immediate health response to curb the spread of COVID-19, the ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, ...

Young people's feelings of anger, fear and powerlessness arise less from environmental damage than from the unwillingness of adults to stop it, researchers find LONDON, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F or people like Heather Bollin, a 43-year-old woman in Texas engaged to a man who is currently incarcerated, constant surveillance is a ...

An aerial view of the Xiong'an Station of Beijing-Xiong'an inter-city railway under construction in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, 17 August 2020. Coronavirus is changing the world ...