This daily ritual has become all the more fraught after authorities said early this month they would use facial recognition technology in public places to spot women who didn't adhere to the new ...

HIGH-VALUE TRASH Tilos has built a reputation as a testing ground for Greece's green ambitions, becoming the first Greek island to ban hunting in 1993 and, in 2018, becoming one of the first ...

The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing to become a crypto-citizen ...

Companies wage digital war on critical staff by closing chat rooms, threatening jobs and levelling lawsuits This is a two-part investigation on Qatar airways and its labour practices By Maya ...

Pete Howson, a senior lecturer in international development at Northumbria University in Britain, said 2022 is likely to see "stronger public opposition" to bitcoin on environmental grounds, which ...

Bakong enables even users without a bank account to make payments and transfers through a mobile app By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank ...

Wildfires emitted 1.76 billion tonnes of carbon globally in 2021 - an equivalent to more than double Germany's annual CO2 emissions By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wildfires produced a ...

As the U.N. climate talks ran overtime, vulnerable countries pushed for progress on issues from "loss and damage" to phasing out fossil fuels - but didn't get all they wanted GLASGOW, Nov 13 ...

Migrants in the Arab states sent home over $124 billion in 2017, with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar all in the top 10 ...

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With currency shortages and bank closures, Afghans are taking to cryptocurrency as a hedge ...

Similar startups have sprung up around the world from Namibia to the United States, utilising technology and direct-to-consumer models to help small-scale, organic farmers hold their own against ...