Enough food and fewer climate threats - scientists cook up recipe for land useFrom eating less meat to farming with fewer chemicals, a flagship UN study to be released this week will look at how to use land more wisely to rein in global warming and still feed a growing population |
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Ebola outbreak in east Congo's main city tests flexibility of responseFirst Ebola transmission in Goma confirmed last week, though some residents deny Ebola is real and have threatened health workers |
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U.N. raises aid appeal for Zimbabwe to $331.5 mln, many face starvationEl Nino-induced drought cut the maize harvest by half and is responsible for low water levels at the biggest hydro plant Kariba |
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Tiny loans lead to bigger debts, land losses in CambodiaThe rapid rise of tiny loans aimed at helping poor Cambodians has led to more debt, with many borrowers forced to sell land |
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France fines more than 700 in first year of 'cat-call' lawThe law penalises sexist or sexual words or behaviour that are hostile, degrade, humiliate or intimidate |
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No going back to Taliban repression, Afghan businesswomen sayThere are fears that the winding down of international engagement and re-emergence of the Taliban in politics will reverse progress |
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Director wants Thai seafood slavery film to act as warning in CambodiaShot in Cambodia in the Khmer and Thai languages, 'Buoyancy' follows the story of a Cambodian boy who sets off to escape poverty but later discovers he has been sold and trapped at sea |
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'Sandscaping' first for UK in bid to save coastal homesThe novel project will only buy north Norfolk residents about 20 to 30 years before erosion and likely relocation, said engineers |
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Migrants mistakenly held in Thai trafficking shelters - rights groupsThai shelters are hosting a record number of potential trafficking victims but many are in fact smuggled migrants |
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Defying Congress, Trump administration looks to shift billions in foreign aidAreas under review are said to include global health, contributions to international organisations, development assistance and peacekeeping |
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Victoria's Secret hires first transgender model after criticismValentina Sampaio's contract comes after marketing chief Ed Razek apologised for saying the brand's catwalk show wouldn't feature trans models |
An average American generates as much CO2 as 581 BurundiansWhile every country suffers the impact of climate change, no country better sums up the burning injustice of climate change than Burundi |
OPINION: Pakistan’s future generations need protecting from bonded labourGreater efforts need to be made to rehabilitate the victims of bonded labour into society in ways that allow them to recover from the cycle of abuse that they have endured |
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