SYDNEY (Reuters) - Holding professional sports games with diversity themes, such as LGBT rights, can help change the discriminatory behaviour of athletes, according to an academic study released by an Australian university on Thursday.

Themed matches and rounds of matches in sports leagues around issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly in North America.

The study led by Melbourne’s Monash University looked at the impact of LGBT pride themed ice hockey games on athletes and found that players who took part

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is joining Canadian asset management company Brookfield ( BAMa.TO ) to head its green investment programme, in his first major business role since leaving Britain’s central bank in March.

Carney, 55, who was governor of the Bank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway.

The U.S. Commerce

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway.

The U.S. Commerce

MOSCOW/MINSK (Reuters) - For Belarus’s thriving tech industry, it didn’t matter much that the country’s president referred to the internet as “garbage” and state factories as the engine of economic success. Until now.

The sector could become a casualty of

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Danail Kirilov has tendered his resignation, the government press office said on Wednesday, amid criticism of his efforts to stem corruption.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, under street pressure to quit himself, will discuss whether to accept Kirilov’s resignation with his junior coalition partners in the centre-right government, the press office said in a statement.

Kirilov’s resignation is unlikely to quash street protests that have been taking place daily since July, seeking the ousting of Borissov and

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Harinder Kaur was not surprised when people slammed their doors in her face as she walked into neighbourhoods in the northern state of Punjab armed with a smartphone and a long list of health and travel-related questions.

The 28-year-old health worker had been told to go door-to-door in villages in Patiala district and help populate the state’s COVID-19 tracing app with “thousands of details” people were unwilling to share, from their

ZURICH (Reuters) - Luxury watchmakers Bulgari and Breitling and a handful of Swiss brands are gathering in Geneva this week for a scaled-down industry exhibition, braving the coronavirus pandemic to try to revitalise demand.

The big Swiss watch fairs in Basel and Geneva, which usually