Winds of hunger: Simultaneous heatwaves to batter European food(grain)-growing countries; opportunity for Guyana…
By Thin Lei Win ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change could spur stronger crop-wilting heatwaves that hit several of...
U.N. urges action as finds farmers losing up to a fifth of produce
By Thin Lei Win ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers around the world are losing up to 20% of the food they...
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH; WE SQUANDER IT TO OUR PERIL…
Companies that hire from culturally diverse talent pools, benefit by recruiting employees with a broad range of skills that are often...
Police search finds an unlicensed custom-made shotgun and three live cartridges; arrests made
Georgetown, Guyana: June 21st, 2020: Police ranks patrolling the East Coast Demerara corridor acting on information received intercepted a motor...
Cash payments to cut poverty in Indonesian villages help forests too
By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A social protection scheme to help poor Indonesians living in rural...
‘Hypothesis’ that cause of China’s latest virus outbreak was caused by imports or packaging needs further testing – WHO
The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday...
‘No time’: Latin America’s slum dwellers lead coronavirus battle
By Fabio Teixeira, Anastasia Moloney and Oscar Lopez RIO DE JANEIRO/BOGOTA/MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Huddled over sewing machines...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION MEDIA BRIEFING TO DISCUSS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE AMERICAS REGION
''Currently, the United States accounts for 54% of all cases in the Americas. Brazil has 23% of all cases and...
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people
By Hugo Greenhalgh LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual...
Dominican poor struggle for water as coronavirus lockdown hits supplies
By Indhira Suero Acosta SANTO DOMINGO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Dominican Republic has plenty of water - unless, that...
