'It's connected to you': Shared causes fuel surge in disastersFrom Amazon deforestation to storm-driven power outages and COVID-19, worsening disasters have common causes, which points to how to cut risks, researchers say |
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As Lebanon's economy unravels, dollar bills and connections pay offA privileged few are finding ways to beat shortages of basic goods by wielding personal connections, or wads of banknotes |
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Is Britain's social care insurance hike unfair for Black and Asian workers?Critics say people from ethnic minority groups will be disproportionately affected by the insurance increase because they tend to be younger and lower-paid |
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ANALYSIS-Sex education becomes battlefield in U.S. culture war over LGBT+ rightsThe parental opt-out law passed in Tennessee may embolden more conservative states to follow in the run-up to 2022 midterms, LGBT+ activists say |
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Madagascar faces one of the world's first climate change faminesAs the African island nation experiences a food-security crisis driven by global warming, researchers say it is an alarm bell for the world |
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Mexico's top court decriminalizes abortion in 'watershed moment'Hundreds of mostly poor Mexican women have been prosecuted for abortion, while at least several dozen remain jailed |
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COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund saysGlobal Fund says excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis in some countries could even exceed those from the virus itself |
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El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first dayThe president says bitcoin will help Salvadorans save $400 million a year on commissions for remittances, while giving access to financial services to people with no bank account |
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World's largest plant capturing carbon from air starts in IcelandThe plant sucks out up to 4,000 tons of CO2 per year - the equivalent of the annual emissions from about 790 cars |
OPINION: Collective action can stop corruption in the extractives sectorThe countries most affected, and the industries where so much of the corruption takes place, need to be at the forefront of putting in reforms |
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