Schools challenged to teach climate change as students join Greta strikesStudents around the world are calling for classes that cover the facts on global warming and explore how to build a more sustainable future |
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Asian cities urged to bolster defence against rising seasTokyo, Jakarta and Shanghai are among the cities that may need to relocate people and development away from risks, researchers say |
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Niger police rescue 232 victims of sex trafficking, forced labourThe victims included 46 children, who were forced into sex work in hostels and slums or sent to beg at markets and bus stations |
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India eases planned surrogacy curbs after criticismThe new bill replaces an earlier version that limited the service to infertile Indian couples, who could ask only a female relative |
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New Zealand makes first donation to Fiji climate relocation fundFund aims to support efforts already underway to resettle people at risk from sea level rise and other climate-related threats |
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As wildfires worsen, firefighters go high-tech to stay healthyTech giant IBM is helping test and roll out a low-cost device to monitor health risks for firefighters, developed by volunteers in Spain, as the threat of wildfires grows worldwide |
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Purpose over profit - are B-Corps the future of sustainable business?As more companies get certified as ethically-minded B Corporations, some experts doubt the trend will bring about change on a meaningful scale |
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UN decries nearly 50% increase in killings of women activists in ColombiaPresident Ivan Duque has faced frequent criticism for not doing enough to stop the killings of so-called 'social leaders' |
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Alphabet still facing questions over data use in its Toronto smart city project proposalPrivacy experts and other town planners said the data-gathering technology involved in the futuristic project was excessively invasive |
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Spain cancels Placido Domingo performances over sexual misconduct allegationsSingers, dancers, musicians, voice teachers and backstage staff have said they had witnessed or experienced inappropriate behavior by Domingo toward women at different opera houses |
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Activists warn over slavery as Mauritania joins U.N. human rights councilSlavery is a historical practice in the Saharan country, which only abolished it in 1981 |
OPINION: Britain's cities of the future should be rooted in the pastWhat needs to change, and urgently, is this widely held belief that new homes means new builds |
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