Racism in football: How will Facebook, Twitter stop online abuse?

England's Black footballers have faced a wave of racist abuse on social media in the wake of the team's Euro 2020 defeat. What are tech giants doing to quell the hate?

Swimming for all? Poolside or at the beach, ethnic minorities face barriers

Despite being under-represented in swimming, more Black and ethnic minority groups are taking to plunge to occupy spaces by the water


Peru's indigenous tribes use tech tools to track Amazon deforestation

Members of nearly 40 indigenous communities in northern Peru were given training to use smartphone mapping apps that receive early deforestation alerts


Children's books editor to leave Hungary over anti-LGBT+ law

Law that came into force last week, which has been condemned by the European Union, bans material that ‘promotes or depicts gender change and homosexuality’ to under-18s


Giant leap for nature? All eyes on China to land new global pact

Getting a deal will take strong leadership by host China - and finding a way to hold the October meeting in person, analysts say


Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic's shadow

More than 150,000 Tunisians work in garment factories, mostly women, and the pandemic has shone a light on widespread labour abuses


Activists in Egypt demand better enforcement on sexual harassment

As Egypt toughens its sexual harassment law, women's rights activists raise concerns over a lack of enforcement


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