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BEIRUT, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kabirat Olokunde, a Nigerian migrant worker, planned to spend her birthday with friends in the city of Abu Dhabi. Instead, she turned 28 in a frigid ...
The global food system is the main driver of the ecological and climate crises pushing natural systems beyond the boundaries of a safe operating space for humanity ...
Authorities say AI-driven call monitoring can cut crime and suicides, but privacy groups warn the tech can amplify racial bias in the prison system ...
Eight years after the deadly factory collapse, fashion brands must show their commitment to Bangladesh's garment workers by signing a new, legally binding worker- ...
Traditional communities have some of the world's most sustainable food systems - but those are coming under increasing pressure By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, June 25 (Thomson Reuters ...
Across the world’s troubled spots, resource wars and economic crises are being fuelled by a new kind of high-tech “blood diamond” - cryptocurrency.
Many countries could see significant falls in GDP by 2030 if they fail to better conserve biodiversity and natural systems ...
Migrants in the Arab states sent home over $124 billion in 2017, with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar all in the top 10 ...
From South Africa to Uganda, innovators are racing to lighten the pressure on under-resourced health systems using technology ...
The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing to become a crypto-citizen ...
Disasters in 2021 from extreme weather and natural phenomenon such as earthquakes resulted in a global economic loss of $270 billion, according to a report last month by the Swiss Re Institute ...
'WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS CLUB' A 2019 review by the government's environment department found that many Black and ethnic minority people viewed the countryside as an About 70% of white children spent ...