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 ...

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 ...

Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protests have broken out across Iran over the death of a woman held by morality police for "unsuitable attire", with activists warning of worse to come as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Colombian man offered her work in Japan, where the Yakuza took her passport and told her she had to pay $50,000 for her freedom BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Marcela Loaiza was 21 when she ...

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 ...

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 ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In contrast to the growing number of countries seeking to wean themselves off coal, Zimbabwe is opening new coal mines that authorities say ...