INSIGHT-Rescued from sex slavery, red tape traps Bangladeshi girls in India

Victims wishing to return home must first gain approval from police, social workers, judges, border forces and bureaucrats, a process that involves about 15 steps

End of statelessness in sight for Shona as Kenya issues birth certificates

Kenya's move to end the plight of the Shona comes amid a global campaign to eradicate statelessness thought to affect an estimated 10 million people worldwide


German cabinet approves climate protection measures

The overall goal of the measures - priced at 54 billion euros - is to cut German greenhouse gas emissions to 55% of the 1990 level by 2030


For LGBT people outside U.S. Supreme Court, cases have a familiar ring

Nine justices weigh whether a landmark federal law that bars employment discrimination on the basis of sex should apply to gay and transgender people


Drug trade damaging Central America's forests, researchers say

Environmental degradation linked to drug trafficking is causing losses of about $215 million annually across the region's protected forest areas


Incoming top EU climate official pledges to tax polluting imports

Some European companies are voicing support but say everything will depend on the design of new regulations


Hundreds of arrests as London climate-change activists vow more protests

The protests are the latest stage in a global campaign for tougher and swifter steps against climate change


Kim Kardashian praises climate activist Thunberg and hopes for meeting

"Climate change is a serious problem," says the US reality TV star, calling Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg a "brave and amazing young woman"


Albanian teens develop app for domestic violence victims

The app provides breathing exercises to help women, connects them to state officials in every town who can help them secure restraining orders and access benefits


Opinion

OPINION: Amazon destruction should prompt investors to divest from destructive agribusiness

As agribusiness sets the world on fire, will global investors wait until they get burned?



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