Ethiopia at War Across Ethiopia, Tigrayans are being fired and jailed since fighting erupted in their home region. The tensions are complicating efforts to end one of the world’s bitterest civil conflicts and threatening the unity of the country. Full Story
Coal and Ice As many Western countries move away from coal, Moscow doubles down on production and turns east, to Asia. Full Story April 29, 2021
The Target The Hot List | Part 6: The Iranian-born, Western-educated scientist returned to his homeland to work in the government. But he fell afoul of hard-liners and went into hiding. Full Story April 27, 2021
The Cassandra The Hot List | Part 5: This scientist's prophecy of an Australian inferno was correct. In a country whose government has downplayed human-caused climate change, the message was unwelcome. Full Story April 26, 2021
The Paradox The Hot List | Part 4: It might seem improbable advising leaders of a nation famous for producing oil. But Duarte says the Saudi government has embraced many of his climate solutions. Full Story April 23, 2021
The Adviser The Hot List | Part 3: He pioneered research into how fossil fuels are shocking our oceans. Now he has the ear of Microsoft's founder on climate change issues. Full Story April 22, 2021
The Rarity The Hot List | Part 2: She once used a 100,000-year-old chunk of Antarctic ice in a gin and tonic. She does things her own way – and has long chafed at the sexism in her field. Full Story April 21, 2021
Democracy in the Dock More than a month after they endured over 40 hours of bail hearings, dozens of democrats are still in jail with no indication of when their trial might begin. Full Story April 21, 2021
The Pioneer The Hot List | Part 1: He tutored Margaret Thatcher on the climate (oh, and won a Nobel Peace Prize). He has faith that humanity will avert a climate catastrophe. Full Story April 20, 2021
The Fatal Shore Genomic scientists raced against time to find out what was causing the deadly surge in cases despite a national lockdown. Full Story March 26, 2021
Retreat from the Rainforest President Jair Bolsonaro sent Brazil’s military to thwart loggers and arsonists destroying the Amazon rainforest. Reuters explains why his deployment failed. Full Story March 24, 2021
Mental Health Shutdown With schools shuttered amid the pandemic, students suffered increasing mental health stresses, Reuters finds in a national survey. Full Story March 19, 2021
A Skeptic’s Story Michael Yeadon was a scientific researcher and vice president at drugs giant Pfizer Inc. He co-founded a successful biotech. Then his career took an unexpected turn. Full Story March 18, 2021
After the Wave In the span of a few years, Japan built new neighborhoods, parks and schools. But the scale of loss in the disaster is beyond any policy response. Full Story March 09, 2021
Editor's pick The Hot List Reuters ranks the world’s most influential climate scientists – and takes you inside the lives of six remarkable researchers. Full Story
Editor's pick Myanmar Burning Read our award-winning coverage of the expulsion of the Rohingya from Myanmar, including the investigation that landed reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in prison. Full Story
Editor's pick Duterte’s War Read the Reuters series that has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting: Inside the bloody drug crackdown in the Philippines. Full Story