At dawn on a sultry summer morning, Balaram Raute stood on a boat bobbing in a murky creek outside Mumbai, waiting for the sun to light up the water so he could dive in to dig sand. Minutes later ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank launched a pilot for a digital payment system in July 2019, its aim was to increase financial inclusion in the country ...

Various plastic goods weighing 3.15 kilograms, which is equivalent to the amount of plastic that someone could eat in ten years, are displayed on a table in this illustration taken in Tokyo, Japan ...

Report stops short of advocating going meat-free, but says dietary changes, featuring plant-based foods and sustainable animal-sourced food, could free up land and cut emissions * Report most ...

BANGKOK, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a model that could ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Sept 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel ...