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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:03 PM

World leaders agreed a new global deal to curb climate change and deal with its impacts in Paris in December. What comes next?

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:24 AM

Earth Focus is a collaborative film production project with KCETLink, formerly Community Television of Southern California, looking at issues from landslide risk in Sierra Leone to migration in Mongolia and sea level rise in Louisiana

Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:34 PM

Professional women's wrestling in Japan means body slams, sweat, and garish costumes. The brutal reality of the ring is masked by a strong fantasy element that feeds its popularity with fans, most of them men

Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:03 AM

Affected by a prolonged drought, 201,000 people of Swaziland's population of 1.2 million face food and livelihoods insecurity

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:52 PM

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:02 AM

Worldwide, women and girls are up to 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster. They often find themselves confined to traditional gender roles that limit their ability to lead, which can make them more vulnerable when disaster strikes. In an online debate ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13), organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the BRACED programme, we will discuss ways of helping women become more resilient to climate extremes. What should governments, aid agencies and businesses do differently to protect lives and put women and girls at the core of disaster risk reduction?

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:14 PM

Maralal, a town north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, holds an annual camel festival, bringing together members of the Samburu, Turkana and Pokot semi-nomadic cattle-herding tribes. The event aims to ease tensions between the tribes, which sometimes clash over cattle rustling and land disputes.

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:00 PM

The global number of children in child labour has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children, according to the International Labour Organisation. Despite this sharp decline child labour remains entrenched among the youngest children - more than 70 percent are between 5 and 14 years old and work in agriculture.