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. 

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

Tree-clearing criminals fuel Colombia's wildfire surge

Government officials are hunting suspects accused of setting wildfires – but genuinely slowing rising deforestation will require a more proactive government presence in threatened areas, analysts warn

Pop star Troye Sivan fights HIV stigma in first big film role

Australian pop singer Troye Sivan hopes his starring role in ‘Three Months’ will help combat fear ignorance around HIV/AIDS

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

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