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 ...

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 ...

From South Africa to Uganda, innovators are racing to lighten the pressure on under-resourced health systems using technology *African hospitals are largely understaffed *Tech can help tackle HIV ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing ...

WAYANAD DISTRICT, India, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - P. K. Madhavan stood proudly next to a young, sturdy mahogany tree, one of a hundred he planted three years ago on his farm in Wayanad ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. How have local communities supported the global response to the pandemic? By Achim ...

BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank launched a pilot for a digital payment system in July 2019, its aim was to increase financial inclusion in the country ...

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 ...

A foreign labourer looks into the camera at a construction site in Dubai May 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) From beatings to unpaid wages, migrant workers face regular ...

From Afghanistan to Brazil, Facebook's platforms have become the main way people connect. For those in the developing world, the outage upended daily life ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Globally, as many as 55 million people are internally displaced, more than twice the ...

Climate migration "hotspots" will emerge as soon as 2030 and intensify by 2050, hitting the poorest parts of the world hardest, says World Bank * Climate migration is 'human face' of climate ...