Climate change is warming seas and melting glaciers, slowing raising sea level around the world. That is threatening everything from low-lying islands to coastal communities, which are being hit with ...

Climate change is bringing more severe floods, droughts and other extreme weather around the globe. What can be done to cut the risks?

Bamako residents living near the city's river on Thursday (August 29) attempted to rescue what they could after flash floods killed at least 24 and devastated nearby neighborhoods, claiming people's ...

A fire broke out on an atomic-powered submarine undergoing repairs at a shipyard near Russia's eastern coastal city of Vladivostok on Monday, but naval officials said there was no risk of a radiation ...

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 with seven killed in the past two months, ...

In the dead of night, as wild animals howled nearby, Syrian migrant Aras Mahmoud clung to his children as they slept on damp grass in the Bulgarian mountains en route to Serbia, praying that his ...

Faced with escalating violence, a lack of funding, and locked out of male-dominated networks, many women are reluctant to enter politics with growing concerns that a drive to get women into power ...

In a 2012 file photo, a boy plays on a rainbow flag during a gay pride march in Manila. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo While doing research for an LGBT rights project, I was intrigued when I came across a ...

As energy demand grows, with much of it still met from fossil fuels, emissions from building operations hit an all-time high in 2019 ROME, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Planet-warming carbon ...

Reverend Angela Martin of the Maryland Poor People's Campaign takes part in a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Sept 8 (Reuters) - ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding, transparent monitoring and tough ...

Sky park shows how space-starved cities can repurpose unused land for green spaces that can ease the effects of climate change BANGKOK, June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new park in Thailand's ...