EXCLUSIVE-Major Thai coffee brand vows to repay 200 debt-ridden farmers

Doi Chaang Coffee says it will pay about 7 million baht ($224,000) after the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed the non-payment and ensuing debts

ANALYSIS-Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks

City planners and physicians say densely packed hubs are particularly vulnerable to deadly disease outbreaks and may need a redesign


Ukraine's LGBT+ war veterans boost battle for equality

Ukraine decriminalised same-sex relations in 1991, but homophobia remains widespread


Kenyan farmers find sweet spot with nutritious, drought-hardy crop

In drought-prone central Kenya, a farmers' cooperative is growing resilient sweet potato and making popular bakery products with it


Malaysia urged to cut down on plastic packaging for cleaner seas

Malaysians top the list of per-capita consumption of plastic packaging out of six Asian countries that account for 60% of plastic pollution in the sea


ANALYSIS-Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost to the planet?

Climate change could expand farmland globally by almost a third but would also bring significant environmental threats, including a risk of increased emissions from soils


India's use of facial recognition tech during protests causes stir

Activists are worried about insufficient regulation around the new technology, amid what they say is a crackdown on dissent under Prime Minister Narendra Modi


Sustainability disclosures by European companies generally poor - study

While 36% of firms had set a climate target, only 14% of companies had ensured they aligned with the 2015 UN-backed Paris climate deal


Death squad disrupters: Filipina patrols help keep drug killings at bay

With the town of 63,000 paralysed by fear, a group of 18 mothers and grandmothers decided to arm themselves with flashlights and patrol their community


UK to invest $1.6 billion in weather and climate supercomputer

The computer, to be managed by the Met Office, will be used to help more accurately predict storms, select the most suitable locations for flood defences and predict changes to the global climate


Tesla ordered by German court to stop cutting down trees for Gigafactory

Hundreds of demonstrators have protested the threat the car Gigafactory poses to wildlife and water supplies



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