Billionaires thriving as poor suffer in widening COVID-19 divide - Oxfam

Billionaires including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk have seen their wealth soar during the COVID-19 pandemic while the world's poor face years of hardship

Storm damage worsens in a warming world, hiking pressure to adapt

A climate risk index warns that vulnerable countries are being hit harder by powerful storms, as leaders gather at a summit to push greater adaptation efforts

'Wages must be paid': In southern India, age-old custom banned as slavery

Low caste Dalits work for free in upper-caste homes under long-standing custom that has now been recognised as bonded labour

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

In Ethiopia's Tigray, allegations of sexual abuse by soldiers are widespread, putting health services under strain for beds, contraception and STI tests

Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic

Taking care of the sick, providing therapy and combating loneliness - could the pandemic accelerate a relationship between humans and robots?

Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations

Holding national celebrations on the highly sensitive date reinforces a legacy of mistreatment of Indigenous people, Aboriginal activists say

Black, British, forgotten: UK arts retell lost tales

From Netflix's ‘Bridgerton’ to the re-telling of Sarah Forbes Bonetta's life, the arts and heritage sectors are revitalising Britain's forgotten Black history

Men enlisted to fight 'tradition' of gender violence in Cambodia

Domestic violence has been a 'normal part of life' in Cambodia where, until 2007, girls were taught in schools not to challenge husbands

WHO says Pfizer deal could allow poor countries to start vaccinating in Feb

The WHO-led COVAX scheme signed deals for hundreds of millions of doses to vaccinate people in poor and lower-middle income countries, but vaccinations have yet to start

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