So it is a surprise to hear the 72-year-old pioneer of investing for social good describe the very system that enabled him to haul himself out of poverty as a root cause of growing inequality in the ...

Hamas militants killed seven Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel in a public execution in a central Gaza square on Friday, witnesses and a Hamas website said. The victims, their heads ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected on Wednesday to again raise the possibility of U.S. sanctions on Ukraine, where at least 26 people have been killed in the worst day of violence since ...

LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Impact investment funds should be measured more strictly to ensure they are transparent about how much good their money is doing, the OECD said on Thursday, a day after a ...

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 ...

A woman wears a mask inside a glass-covered bus stop in which a thermal imaging camera, UV sterilizer, air conditioner, CCTV and digital signage are set, to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in Seoul, ...

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 17 years of fighting wildfires for the U.S. Forest Service has taken a toll on Brian Campbell. He's been homeless, once ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As growing parts of the world grapple with unprecedented heatwaves, cities are on the frontline of efforts to keep people safe MEDELLIN, Colombia, July 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Street vendor ...

Many people now know it's possible to work from home and hold meetings virtually - but fast and reliable broadband and mobile phone services make that far easier. With streets quieter during ...