The quiet frontline battle of South Africa's rural nurses

With scant protective equipment and minimal staffing, rural nurses in hard-hit South Africa innovate to help stop the virus spreading

Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles

Landless peasants are occupying unused land and pushing for community titles they say gives them more security

Political 'retreat' on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

Helping poorer nations develop cleanly and adapt to climate threats is "not charity but a global act of self-interest", says Patricia Espinosa

FACTBOX-New Zealand, Canada move to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy

Here is the status of the widely discredited practice of so-called LGBT+ conversion therapy in various locations around the world:

U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by changing climate - research

U.S. farmers may have to switch crops in order to avoid heavy losses in a changing climate, finds research

COVID aid could bring years of austerity, charities warn IMF

Five hundred charities warned the International Monetary Fund that their COVID-19 support would condemn 80 countries to years of austerity

U.S. Supreme Court conservatives revive criticism of gay marriage ruling

If the Senate confirms President Donald Trump's nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a favorite of Christian conservatives, the court would have a 6-3 conservative majority

Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

Pandemic has intensified a price war between recycled and new plastic, made by the oil industry - and recyclers are losing

Top court rules EU states must curb mass spying on data

The EU court said that the general and indiscriminate retention of phone and internet data is unlawful

Malaysia's Top Glove raises remediation payment to migrant workers

The glove maker had imports banned by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in July over allegations that it used forced labour

Opinion

OPINION: The appointment of Amy Coney Barett to the Supreme Court should ring alarm bells for the LGBT+ community

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has called transgender women "physiological males" and made public statements against same-sex marriage


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