Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children

Children will, on average, suffer seven times more heatwaves and nearly three times more droughts, floods and crop failures due to fast-accelerating climate change, finds new study

'A lot of impatience': Youth climate protesters return to the streets

Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future movement resumes mass street protests for the first time since the pandemic began

New York laws protecting delivery workers could be watershed, say advocates

Package of protections include minimum pay, tip transparency and bathroom access for app-based delivery workers

FACTBOX: Same-sex marriage around the world as Swiss vote in favour

Switzerland becomes the 29th country to approve same-sex marriage. Which other nations already allow gay couples to wed?

Atlanta neighborhood seeks 'divorce' from city over crime surge

Residents want more control over policing, but the move highlights concerns over how 'cityhood' could worsen inequality

Berliners vote to expropriate large landlords in non-binding referendum

As SPD regain control of the German capital, Berlin voted to expropriate large landlords on Sunday where anger has been growing over tenant rights and affordable housing

Where are the hotspots for abortion rights in 2021?

In a turbulent year for abortion rights worldwide, which countries are making changes?

Australia's prime minister yet to commit to attending UN climate summit

Australia, the highest per capita carbon emitter among the world's richest nations, has so far refused to endorse a net zero emissions by 2050 target or double its emissions cutting target for 2030

San Marino votes to legalise abortion in historic referendum

Prior to San Marino voting to legalise abortion on Sunday, women who ended their pregnancies risked three years' imprisonment, and double for anyone who carried out an abortion.

Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority

According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1% of voters voted in favour of same-sex marriage

Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls' education

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she worried the Taliban would act as they did when they were last in power despite an increase in opportunities for Afghan women since then

OPINION: Is Haiti cursed or targeted by the international community?

From the point Haiti gained its freedom, the nation faced constant targeted socio-economic and political oppression.

OPINION: Climate change is increasing poverty. Marrying off girls isn’t the solution

As climate change drives up child marriage, I educate parents in Nigeria against marrying off their daughters and explain to them the implications of underage unions

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