Climate fund for poor nations vows to drive green COVID recovery

Green Climate Fund backs host of new projects including strengthening buildings to withstand hurricanes in Caribbean

Australian rules-AFL apologises to indigenous ex-player for incessant racism

Robert Muir, 66, had described how he was routinely racially abused, spat on by fans and urinated upon by his team mates


Walk from home: HK tour company moves online to survive pandemic

The firm has successfully taken its tours online, offering virtual visitors the chance to ask questions from guides and specialists


Firefighters, military planes, troops arrive in California to fight massive blazes

More than 200,000 people told to flee their homes as massive wildfires rage


US schools revamp curricula in response to Black Lives Matter

The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have fueled demands for teaching that focuses more on Black history and experiences


Tougher EU climate target technically, economically feasible, researchers say

The European Commission will next month propose a stricter target of 55% reduction in emissions - up from 40% currently - by 2030


Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq's Basra

A female activist was killed by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday, marking the third incident of such this week


Tourist ban leaves Brazil's indigenous lands vulnerable to loggers

When indigenous communities barred tourists to protect themselves from the coronavirus, they knew they were forgoing income. But they did not foresee the loggers would move in


Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

These local Kenyan women are taking a stand against poaching, patrolling 150,000 acres of conservation land whilst unarmed


Opinion

OPINION: How India's slum communities threw migrants a lockdown lifeline

Grassroots groups and community leaders came together to cushion the COVID-19 blow to marginalised migrant workers



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