'Watershed moment': Corporate America looks to hire more Black people

U.S. companies are showing a surge of interest in hiring Black employees, a trend linked to the Black Lives Matter movement, but will it lead to a lasting change in U.S. workforce diversity?

Returning home, Venezuelans face accusations of spreading COVID-19

About 70,000 Venezuelan migrants and refugees have recently returned to their homeland due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 only to find stigma and a failing healthcare system


Papuan tribes fear sacrifice of sago forests that stave off hunger

Indigenous peoples in Papua and West Papua provinces harvest sago as a staple food, but say their diets and culture are threatened by forest-clearing to produce palm oil


Coronavirus forces tourism rethink in world's most visited city

With the outlook for urban tourism deeply uncertain, Thai authorities have a chance to adopt a more sustainable model


Floods on record-high Lake Victoria expose need for water cooperation

Unusually high rainfall has caused 'backflow' into Africa's largest lake, displacing communities and spurring calls for more regional effort to manage water


Forsaken Italian villages hope for revival with free holidays

San Giovanni in Galdo in Molise has been overwhelmed by requests after it offered free holiday homes to tourists in a bid help the local economy


Also ran: three women who paved the way for Kamala Harris

Few women have come as close to power as 55-year-old vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, however, a few have tried


Have wheels, will learn? India bets on free scooters for top girl students

Distance and a lack of transportation are among top reasons that lead to girls dropping out of school in India


'Report it, don't share it': Viral trafficking posts flood U.S. hotlines

False rumours and upheaval due to the coronavirus pandemic fuel massive increase in reports to national hotlines


Opinion

OPINION: Garment workers cannot foot the bill for the pandemic

Fashion brands are responsible for inequalities in supply chains that have left garment workers in destitution, and must take responsibility for their workers


OPINION: There is no recovery from COVID-19 if we leave millions of children and families behind

We must not let the pandemic prevent opportunities for families and children experiencing homelessness



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