COVID-19: What else can Biden do to help vaccinate the world?

As Joe Biden backs waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, what other steps can the United States take to promote fairer vaccine distribution?

Data tools boost U.S. campaigners push for racial equity

The new Racial Equity Data Lab helps advocates and policymakers create ‘report card’ on racial inequities in housing and wages

ANALYSIS-Forest emission reductions get a makeover, with $1 billion in new funding

Under the LEAF Coalition, tropical forest nations will be paid for effective conservation - but participating companies also must cut their own emissions in line with climate goals

COVID-19 seen slowing city shift to green transport

Commuters choosing cars over mass transit may reverse some green gains

'Cooling gap' widens, despite rising heat, as pandemic hikes poverty

Coronavirus-related economic downturns mean more people are struggling to stay cool as climate change brings stronger heatwaves, researchers say

Melting Antarctic could push seas to 'catastrophic' levels at 3C warming

Nations must step up efforts to curb global warming, as countries like Bangladesh face serious impacts from rising seas, researchers say

Facebook, Twitter Trump bans: what are the rules?

As the Facebook oversight board upholds Trump's suspension, what are the rules on content moderation?

Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth

Ending the shortfall in midwives could save 4.3 million lives each year by 2035, say researchers

G20 commits to 'full financing' of WHO scheme to buy COVID vaccines, drugs - draft

Leaders set to pledge to an extra $20 billion to make up funding gap in scheme distributing vaccines to poorer nations

One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare

Vaccines offer a hope for return to normal, but some parents face being stuck at home as they struggle to get childcare

French stunt school's 'badass' women snapped up by film industry

Rising numbers of women are training at Europe's stunt school as demand for female superheroes grows

OPINION: The UK government needs to show it cares about people of colour living with HIV

People of colour continue to be disproportionately impacted by HIV globally

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