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The technical standards say facial recognition data should be segmented by dozens of characteristics from eyebrow size to skin tone

Bangladesh's pandemic-hit migrants seek local work as loans mount

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Climate change will deepen rich-poor global divide, top economists warn

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Kenyan radio DJs' sacking could teach sexist media a lesson, campaigners hope

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Thailand enlists industry groups in slavery blacklist effort

Businesses pledge to publicise their policies on forced and child labour, set up complaint mechanisms and undergo audits

Should Britain scrap the term 'BAME' for ethnic minorities?

Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are often grouped together under the umbrella acronym 'BAME'. Is it time to ditch the phrase?

'You don't belong': land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Militia and military forces are driving a fresh exodus as they intervene in a decades-old land dispute

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