Lunar New Year: COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink
A year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are shutting up shop. But there is hope for recovery
OPINION: India’s budget leaves pandemic-hit migrants to their own devices
COVID-19 has spotlighted the plight of Indian migrants and informal workers but the budget does not do enough to compensate them fairly for their hardship
Climate action in fashion, as big clothing brands back Bangladesh recycling scheme
A new partnership to cut down waste and reuse materials in garment factories would help curb the sector's carbon footprint, says the Global Fashion Agenda
"Now we want real justice," say sisters of freed Saudi rights activist al-Hathloul
Jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released on Wednesday but is barred from leaving the country
Argentina rains help pump up soybean, corn crop forecasts
Rosario grains exchange said Argentina rains in recent weeks had been a "turning point" in the season and banished fears about a repeat of the 2018 drought that caused heavy crop losses
India flash flood sparks questions on nation's hydropower push
After an apparent glacier collapse that left at least 26 dead, environmentalists say climate change may need to drive a rethink in green energy sources
OPINION: COVID-19 thwarts efforts to release and reintegrate child soldiers
Economic fallout from coronavirus could also drive some children back into armed groups
Tesco, Philips and Global Fund to End Modern Slavery amongst shortlisted candidates for 2021 Stop Slavery Award
Recognising the wide range of actors dedicated to ending the scourge of modern slavery and human trafficking, the Thomson Reuters Foundation today unveiled the 28 candidates shortlisted for its annual Stop Slavery Award – after receiving a record number of applications.
France scraps Paris airport expansion over climate concerns
Operator links decision to COVID-19 crisis and promises to turn Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports into 'leaders in green aviation'
'It will happen again': Myanmar ethnic groups fear loss of land after coup
Under past military rule, hundreds of thousands of people from ethnic groups were forced off their land