Police in Bangladesh launch all-woman team to fight digital abuse

Police hope the unit will encourage women to report digital abuse including so-called revenge porn and online threats from blackmailers

Battle climate crisis like COVID, Red Cross urges governments

Nations should respond urgently and find the resources to deal with climate change as for the pandemic, says annual disasters report, urging more support for most vulnerable


Costa Rica backs U.N. treaty to combat forced labor

Central American nation becomes 47th country to ratify United Nations pact as it nears target of 50 signatories


As Hurricane Iota nears Central America, experts predict more climate-linked migration

Evacuations under way in Guatemala and Honduras as Hurricane Iota threatens region still reeling from Hurricane Eta


UK's top court rejects trans man's bid to be named child's father

Trans man Freddy McConnell's bid to be named the father rather than the mother on his child's birth certificate was rejected by Britain's Supreme Court


Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape

Public concern about sexual abuse and harassment has grown in Malawi following accusations involving public broadcaster


Can vaccines reach the world’s poorest?

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can be stored using existing cold-chain shipping, raising hopes of it reaching remote places. But what other obstacles are there to a vaccine reaching the world’s poorest?


Malaysia lets undocumented migrants work but hardship fears persist

Migrants who work in Malaysia's 'dirty, dangerous, difficult' sectors are vulnerable to abuses and often victims of trafficking


Fans fund new statue of British feminist after 'silver Barbie' row

Uproar over artist Maggi Hambling's nude monument to women's rights pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft sparks campaign for alternative tribute


Biden urged to work with business, China to protect SE Asia rainforest

U.S. president-elect should follow Britain and the EU in moving to ensure supply chains for imported goods do not harm tropical forests, green groups say


EU eyes tax as tool in climate change fight

Current EU energy taxation rules only reflects the cost of making and transporting a product, without accounting for its toll on the environment



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