Why I am fleeing Afghanistan despite Taliban promises

Shkula Zadran dreams of becoming a university lecturer. She does not trust the Taliban to allow women to continue to work and study

Fish and livelihoods poisoned by South African chemical spill

A warehouse storing chemicals was set ablaze during recent looting, poisoning a nearby estuary and strangling incomes of fishermen already crimped by repeated COVID-19 lockdowns


ANALYSIS - Pandemic delay to UN nature summit spurs calls for stronger global deal

Green groups say the COP15 postponement was inevitable due to COVID-19 but want governments to use the extra time to land a more ambitious agreement to protect nature


Ending subsidies that harm nature could create millions of green jobs, WWF says

Moving government support for environmentally damaging industries into green sectors like recycling and sustainable forest management could boost employment, report finds


Afghan women fear for their jobs and daughters' futures under Taliban

Many Afghan women are taking no chances with the new Taliban leaders and are deleting social media accounts, closing businesses and donning Burqas


‘Learn to live with fire’: a Californian firefighter’s plea

As the Dixie fire rages across California, local firefighter Will Harling believes an indigenous practice of controlled burns can protect the land


Southeast Asia needs vaccine access to curb record deaths -Red Cross

Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia have been posting record COVID-19 infections or fatalities


Wildfire near French resort of Saint-Tropez kills two people

1,100 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft were used to fight the blaze that left two killed and 24 hurt, among them five firemen


Strong gusts, arid conditions stoke growing California wildfires

The Dixie fire is the biggest roaring across the Western United States in a highly incendiary summer that experts see as symptomatic of climate change


Indian states preparing for next COVID wave focus on children

Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to concern that unvaccinated children returning to school will be among the most vulnerable



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