Climate disruption threatens health and future of all children, commission warns

Children face multiple risks - from global warming to hunger to exploitative marketing - and no country is adequately dealing with these

Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, Turkey demands pull-back

'Civilians fleeing the fighting are being squeezed into areas without safe shelter that are shrinking in size by the hour. And still they are bombed. They simply have nowhere to go.'


Indonesia bill on family targets surrogacy, 'sexual deviations'

The bill would outlaw surrogacy and require LGBT people to seek treatment at rehabilitation centres


Global warming causing 'irreversible' mass melting in Antarctica - scientist

Researcher says the only thing that will slow down the ice melting is if economies across the world begin decarbonising


Rains mock drought-stricken Australian town as climate risks hit home

The eastern town of Murrurundi has survived for more than a year on water brought in daily by road tankers, but some cattle farmers have given up hope


Mexican lawmakers toughen penalties for femicide, abuse of minors after murders

Lawmakers have voted to increase the sentence for femicide to 45 to 65 years in prison, up from a range of 40 to 60 years


Brazil's Bolsonaro offers credit for indigenous farmers as he pushes to open their lands

Bolsonaro says his bill will allow indigenous people to mine and plant crops on their lands, and rent them to white farmers if they want to, which is currently illegal under Brazilian law


Sexual and gender identity may be risk factors for skin cancer

Skin cancer may be more common among gay and bisexual men and people who are gender non-conforming


Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads

The invasion is worsening food shortages in a region where up to 25 million people are suffering from three consecutive years of droughts and floods


Opinion

OPINION: Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food

Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption



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