Fire hazard: Children struggle to breathe as smoke chokes Amazon cityAt Porto Velho health centres, lines of concerned parents waiting to get treatment for their children have lengthened as Amazon fires have escalated |
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FEATURE-'Everyone needs a place': Gay couple fights for Hong Kong public housingA gay couple are fighting back after they were denied a public housing flat on the grounds that they were not an 'ordinary family' |
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Slave to sachets: How poverty worsens the plastics crisis in the PhilippinesPlastic sachets of goods give some of the poorest people in Asia access to everyday essentials in affordable small portions - but its fuelling a pollution crisis |
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Hurricane Dorian, stalled over Bahamas, weakens slightly but still dangerousDorian has killed at least five people in the northern Bahamas and inundated homes with floodwater ahead of its expected advance on the U.S. coast |
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South Africans get the bug: Cape Town diner serves insect-only dishesScientists have touted insect-based food as a sustainable and cheap food that is high in protein, fibre and minerals |
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Deadly Taliban attack in Afghan capital casts shadow on peace dealThe Kabul bombing, which followed major attacks on two northern cities over the weekend, added to questions around a peace deal between U.S. and Taliban negotiators |
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Britain's Prince Harry backs sustainable tourism planHarry, who himself has come in for criticism for using private jets, announced the industry-backed scheme aimed at making tourism a force for good |
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Ukraine president plans land reform, large privatisationsThe president has pledged to lift a longstanding ban on the sale of farmland, in a move which supporters say will unlock huge agriculture investment |
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Indonesian students invent pinger to find quake victimsThe $7 pinger device uses high-frequency signals to help locate victims after a natural disaster |
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Greece moves hundreds of asylum-seekers from crowded island campMore than 11,000 refugees and migrants are living in Europe's biggest migrant camp - about four times as many as it is intended to house |
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Chinese face-swapping app goes viral, sparks privacy concernsThe ZAO app's user agreement state consumers surrender the intellectual property rights to their face, and permit its makers to use their images for marketing purposes |
OPINION: Avoiding an urban 'slash and burn': The perils of moving Indonesia's capitalIf countries abandon their unregulated urban messes to go after virgin land to build megacities, the environmental pressures will increase |
Power to all the people - without heating up the planetThe Green Climate Fund is enabling investment to bridge East Africa's energy gap with affordable, off-grid renewables |
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