Privacy concerns as India pushes digital health plan, ID

Digitisation of medical records and a Health ID for every Indian citizen raise privacy and surveillance concerns

Migrant factory workers in Thailand launch legal action after wages expose

A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation last year found dozens of garment workers from Myanmar were being illegally underpaid


Climate primer: Why is everyone talking about 'net zero'?

Countries, cities and businesses are aiming for 'net zero' emissions - but what does that mean and why does it matter?


Questions swirl about possible racial bias in Twitter image function

Internet sleuths question if Twitter’s image cropping system shows racial bias


Demand climate regulation, Harvard economist urges big businesses

"Without appropriate government policy, we are not going to get to zero," she says at launch of Climate Week in New York


Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution

Activists say Thailand's prostitution law, which criminalises sex work, does little to protect sex workers


Kenya's top judge advises parliament to dissolve over lack of women

Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga says failure to enact gender representation legislation is clear testimony of lawmakers' 'lackadaisical attitude and conduct'


Choking on smoke: U.S. cities open clean air shelters for homeless

Wildfires raging across the West Coast have pushed air pollution to record levels, compounding the COVID public health crisis


Coronavirus rumours and regulations mar Burkina Faso's malaria fight

Coronavirus is making it harder for health volunteers to deliver life-saving malaria medicine to millions of children


Wood, metal, paper and fabric can help cut climate-harming plastics

Without action, climate-changing emissions from plastics are expected to increase threefold by 2050, researchers warn


Indian man accused of slashing pregnant wife's stomach 'to check gender'

Abortions of female fetuses are banned in India, where a preference for boys has led to a dwindling number of girls, but the practice continues


Opinion

OPINION: At New York Climate Week, let's prioritise cooling for the most vulnerable

Making air-con and industrial equipment more efficient will not meet the needs of the one billion people living without access to cooling


OPINION: Britain has to choose: evict renters or prevent human trafficking?

Restarting evictions will not only cause misery, but also a spike in modern slavery cases



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