This daily ritual has become all the more fraught after authorities said early this month they would use facial recognition technology in public places to spot women who didn't adhere to the new ...

Widespread flooding across Malaysia starting late last year shocked urban residents, with green groups urging a new approach as climate change impacts become more severe *Malaysian floods hit ...

Amid the electric vehicle revolution, more effort is needed to break our car addiction, with developing nations placed to lead the way ...

The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing to become a crypto-citizen ...

Farmer P. K. Madhavan stands by one of the mahogany trees he has mortgaged to the village ‘tree bank’ in Meenangadi, India on January 5, 2022. Thomson Reuters Foundation/K. Rajendran ...

Companies wage digital war on critical staff by closing chat rooms, threatening jobs and levelling lawsuits This is a two-part investigation on Qatar airways and its labour practices By Maya ...

Much has changed over the last decade, including the overwhelming adoption of mobile phones and digital apps that encompass an all-inclusive array of services, including disaster response. The ...

Bakong enables even users without a bank account to make payments and transfers through a mobile app By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank ...

Support for the goal to keep global warming to 1.5C has won fresh political backing in 2021 - but it remains out of reach * Year marked by extreme weather disasters, from floods to fires * Leaders ...

Wildfires emitted 1.76 billion tonnes of carbon globally in 2021 - an equivalent to more than double Germany's annual CO2 emissions By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wildfires produced a ...

As the U.N. climate talks ran overtime, vulnerable countries pushed for progress on issues from "loss and damage" to phasing out fossil fuels - but didn't get all they wanted GLASGOW, Nov 13 ...

Migrants in the Arab states sent home over $124 billion in 2017, with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar all in the top 10 ...