Use of facial recognition technology to identify women breaking hijab law puts them at greater risk of abuse, activists say Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law Technology ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When labor inspectors arrived in a rural area of the Brazilian Amazon state of Para in late June, they expected to rescue illegal loggers ...

Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalise slavery LONDON, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

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 (Clarifies reference to analysis in para 6 ...

Homosexuality, tolerance and hate crimes* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Homosexuality, tolerance and hate crimes While ...

🌡🎾⛷ The heat is on: From tennis to running and skiing, climate change makes competing in - or even watching - many outdoor sports increasingly challenging Head to news.trust.org to read ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stoning, a form of execution where a group throws stones at a person until they are dead, still happens in parts of the Muslim world, mostly as a punishment ...

The cost of hysterectomies - often prescribed for treating minor ailments - is leaving families destitute and trapping them in debt bondage ...

TBILISI, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As coronavirus closes churches, synagogues and mosques worldwide, religious leaders are taking faith online to ensure God's word gets to the ...

DAKAR, Sept 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel ...

What we choose to eat, how we move around and how these activities contribute to climate change is receiving a lot of media attention. In this context, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and ...