Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?

As a pandemic shuts down conferences, transport, schools and sporting events worldwide, it may nudge people toward new behaviors that could create lasting emissions cuts

Don't let impact of coronavirus breed hate, urges EU human rights agency

Michael O'Flaherty of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights says extra care is needed to protect marginalised groups such as homeless and refugees


Pakistan passes child abuse law after girl's rape and murder

7-year-old Zainab Ansari's body was found in a garbage dumpster near Lahore in 2018, sparking protests


Father of web Berners-Lee urges end to abuse of women online

Most girls have experienced online harassment such as sharing of private videos and images, and receiving abusive messages


Romania Pride is first LGBT+ march to postpone over coronavirus

Many LGBT+ events are likely to be affected by the outbreak of the deadly virus


Discarded coronavirus masks clutter Hong Kong's beaches, trails

Most of Hong Kong's 7.4 million people have for weeks been putting on single-use face masks every day in the hope of warding off the coronavirus


Weinstein gets 23-year sentence, expresses sympathy for men in #MeToo era

Weinstein has been accused by more than 100 women of sexual misconduct


With letters and lipstick, a transgender prisoner helps those left inside

Sarah Jane Baker was held in a male prison for 30 years and now helps other inmates who identify as transgender


Coronavirus prompts Thunberg to move Friday climate rallies online

Coronavirus spread has prompted an increasing number of countries to ban big public gatherings


ANALYSIS-For richer or poorer: coronavirus, cheap oil test climate vows

Will global turmoil push governments to delay making ambitious emissions-cutting pledges at November's make-or-break U.N. climate summit in Britain?



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