Pakistan faces an unexpected dilemma: too much electricity
After decades of painful shortages, a push to generate more power - particularly from coal-fired plants - has left Pakistan with excess capacity, and higher costs
Nine tips for reporting on COVID-19 from Thomson Reuters Foundation's Alum in emerging economies and the Global South
Damian Radcliffe highlights the nine tips for reporting on COVID-19 in emerging economies and the Global South as outlined by the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Alum.
OPINION: Lloyd’s of London and Slavery: archiving the past to repair the present?
As Lloyd's embarks on a process of historical repair, the British insurer must include communities directly affected by the legacies of slavery
N.Korea enslaving political prisoners to fund weapons programme -S.Korea rights group
Campaigners accuse Pyongyang of forcing men, women and children held in camps to produce quotas of coal and other goods for export
Fire, drought, beetles ravage German forests, study finds
A record 1.7 percent of the trees under observation died between 2019 and 2020, almost 10 times the average, a study examining the condition of 10,000 trees each year reveals
Mexico's top court to vote on gay marriage in Yucatan state
If the Supreme Court orders Yucatan state to legalize same-same marriage, other states across Mexico could follow
French actor Depardieu placed under sexual violence investigation - judicial source
Gerard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation in December 2020 and that he has not been held in custody or asked to post bail, a judicial source says
India unveils tougher rules for social media such as Facebook, Twitter
The government says the guidelines are needed to hold social media companies accountable for misuse and abuse
Exhausted by COVID-19 fight, Portuguese nurses want pay not applause
Portuguese nurses are struggling to make ends meet due to low salaries and lack of opportunities to move up the career ladder
EU bets on data to prepare for climate change impacts
An observatory of data and tools on climate and health will anticipate threats like heat deaths or disease spread as global warming pushes vector-borne illnesses into new regions