From South Africa to Uganda, innovators are racing to lighten the pressure on under-resourced health systems using technology *African hospitals are largely understaffed *Tech can help tackle HIV ...

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 ...

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 ...

France introduced legislation in 2016 requiring supermarkets to redistribute leftover food to charities in a bid to reduce food waste Nov 27 BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - France's ...

Bani Chaosuwanphan stands outside her home that was built under Baan Mankong, a low-cost housing programme to resettle communities living by canals in Bangkok, Thailand. April 1, 2021. Thomson ...

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 ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The time for pledges has passed. Now is the time for Commonwealth nations to act By Sneh ...

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 ...