FACTBOX: Colombia decriminalizes abortion amid Latin American shift
Monday’s landmark court ruling makes Colombia the region's third country in two years to decriminalize abortion, after Argentina and Mexico
OPINION: It’s time to turn climate change adaptation ambition into action
And local people need a say in what to do – and the money to make it happen.
OPINION: Five hopes for a more equitable, resilient and sustainable 2022
The world’s cities are taking the initiative on a range of environmental and social problems, from climate change adaptation to access to affordable food
Churches lead U.S. urban farming drive to tackle pandemic hunger
Hunger, high prices and economic instability are driving local efforts to boost food security.
Red tape, conflict stop Uganda's herders moving to cope with climate change
As the country suffers worsening droughts and floods, pastoralists move to survive – but the increasing need for official permission to travel across grasslands is rooting many of them in place
Freestyle skiing Kenworthy urges IOC to consider host's human rights stance
Rights groups have long criticised the IOC's choice of Beijing as 2022 host, and several countries including the United States and Britain mounted diplomatic boycotts to protest China's treatment of its minority Muslim Uyghur population
No evidence some COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of HIV infection
Over the past few weeks, Reuters has debunked a series of misleading and false claims about COVID-19 vaccination efforts and HIV.
Figure skating-American LeDuc makes history as first non-binary Winter Olympian
A record number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes are competing at the Winter Olympics - at least 36, or double the number from Pyeongchang in 2018 - according to LGBTQ+ news site Outsports.
Hundreds of Salesforce employees object to NFT plans
After Salesforce announced a foray into the NFT market, hundreds of workers revolted, raising environmental and fraud concerns
U.S. urged to ban Thai fishing net suppliers using prison labour
An investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation last year found Thai prisoners were being forced to make fishing nets for private companies - including one that exported to the United States