OPINION: Are cryptocurrencies the new digital ‘blood diamonds’ of Africa?
Across the world’s troubled spots, resource wars and economic crises are being fuelled by a new kind of high-tech “blood diamond” - cryptocurrency.
Some Ukrainian refugees return home despite the dangers
Millions of Ukrainians have headed to Poland, Germany and beyond since Russia invaded, but some are starting to return even as the fighting continues
Crisis after COVID for Sri Lankan women who dress the West
Low pay, long hours, risky conditions: what is the price of the West's wardrobe? As an economic crisis stalls Sri Lanka's pandemic recovery, women garment workers are bearing the brunt
Alabama ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth takes effect
The legislation makes it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to provide puberty blockers, hormones and medical procedures to transgender youth under 19.
Climate disasters drive Bangladesh children from classrooms to work
A growing flood of Bangladeshi children are seeing their education end permanently as they flee climate impacts for urban slums
Haunted by sterilisations, trans Germans fight for compensation
Thousands of trans Germans like Tsepo Bollwinkel had to be sterilised in order to legally change their gender under a now-scrapped law. Now, they hope to receive compensation, and an apology
Five insights from UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Conference
This year’s UNESCO World Press Freedom Day conference in Uruguay saw policymakers, journalists and media practitioners come together to discuss matters of press freedom, privacy and sustainability within a sector facing existential digital threats, surging violence and unregulated surveillance. The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) outlines five key trends that emerged at the conference.
'Bad boys' are back: India doubles down on coal as heatwave worsens power crisis
A resurgence in India's hunger for coal could mean peak consumption is years away as it moves to reopen more than 100 mines
Earth Focus: Fighting for Air
"Fighting For Air" looks at the David and Goliath struggle for clean air in America's wealthiest state, as neighbors come together to fight the online shopping giants they say are poisoning the air they breathe
Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley
Smaller cities aim to lure newly-remote tech workers with perks ranging from cash handouts to free babysitting