What are U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden's LGBT+ policy plans? [[link removed]]

Joe Biden takes office as U.S. president on Wednesday with a long list of LGBT+ policy pledges - from scrapping Donald Trump's ban on transgender military recruits to passing an anti-discrimination law

Climate risks jostle with pandemic as fractured world struggles to respond, WEF says [[link removed]]

Worsening political polarisation, inequality and loss of social cohesion could undermine recovery from the pandemic and action to tackle global warming, annual risk report warns

Sleeping migrant workers killed in road crash near Indian textiles hub [[link removed]]

Accident highlights precarious living conditions of millions of migrant workers as many return to the cities after lockdown

Nigeria to seek COVID-19 vaccines less dependent on cooling facilities -official [[link removed]]

Some experts have expressed doubts that Nigerian authorities will be able to store and transport the vaccine at low temperatures

Biden taps Levine for key health role, in historic pick of transgender person [[link removed]]

In a historic first, Rachel Levine would become the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate

U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers [[link removed]]

U.S. lawmakers aim to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol

Canada scrambles to salvage Keystone XL as Biden prepares to kill troubled pipeline project [[link removed]]

A source told Reuters Biden will cancel a permit for the $8 billion project over concerns about fossil fuels contributing to climate change, dealing a blow to Canada's energy sector

Generation COVID: Building a virtual Instagram market to help India's COVID-hit farmers [[link removed]]

After the pandemic disrupted my studies, I built a virtual market on Instagram to help struggling farmers in south India sell their fruit and vegetables

EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates [[link removed]]

While some EU ministers support the idea of vaccination certificates to restore safe travel, other say those who cannot or will not be vaccinated must have their rights protected

Indian police bust baby-trafficking ring in financial capital [[link removed]]

Baby girls were sold for 70,000 rupees and boys for 150,000 rupees to childless couples, police said

Unwanted tech helps bridge 'digital divide' in lockdown Britain [[link removed]]

Children struggling to access online classes are getting a helping hand from computer donation projects

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Opinion OPINION: COVID-19 has shown what happens when we destroy nature - 2021 must be the year we change course [[link removed]]

For years, we have ignored the silent crisis of biodiversity loss, but we cannot risk another damaging decade for nature

OPINION: Britain's finance industry is floundering on modern slavery [[link removed]]

UK survey finds lack of awareness, training and engagement among senior finance managers on human trafficking

OPINION: What does 2021 hold for Black Lives Matter? [[link removed]]

This year, we should not be satisfied with surface level cosmetic change. We must pay attention to who really takes the difficult - and often less public - steps to materially improve people’s lives

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