Kenyan worker's arrest shows power, and peril, of online advocacy

Kenyan security guard used Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to highlight cramped living quarters, low wages and the dangers of working outside in high temperatures

Time is running out, says UN, as HIV/AIDS targets missed

Global goal to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030 will not be reached at current rate of progress, UNAIDS warns

Restore land the size of China to meet climate and nature goals, UN says

Regreening at least 1 billion hectares would help tackle hunger, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, says #GenerationRestoration report

Firms hiring transgender staff could get tax breaks in Bangladesh

LGBT+ rights campaigners welcome the budget proposal, which parliament is expected to approve, but urge the government to ensure it is implemented properly

Biden outlines plan to quickly share 25 mln COVID-19 vaccines with world

The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX scheme, and just over 6 million directly to countries like Canada, Mexico, India and South Korea

Minneapolis crews clearing intersection where George Floyd was murdered

Some argued with the men who arrived unannounced before dawn with forklift trucks to move the barriers installed after George Floyd's murder

Canada vows action, but no time frame, on violence against indigenous women

The plan aims to improve services like health care for indigenous communities as well as tackling systemic racism in the police, but gave no time frame for achieving its goals

Witnessing COVID chaos in India's hospitals, graveyards and crematoriums

Gasping for air, two men wearing oxygen masks shared a bed. People struggled to get oxygen and the attention of medics, themselves overwhelmed with new patients

U.N. refugee agency scorns Denmark's law on asylum claims

If the law takes effect, it could lead to the forcible transfer of asylum seekers and an abdication of Denmark's responsibility to protect vulnerable refugees, the U.N. refugee agency said

In Peru's hinterland, a town battles world's worst COVID-19 outbreak

Peru this week almost tripled its official death toll to over 180,000 using revised figures, making it by far the highest in the world per capita

OPINION: Doctors sterilised us because we're Roma

Czech lawmakers are considering a bill to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised between 1970s and 2000s

OPINION: To conserve nature, protect human rights

Remaining ecosystems are largely found on the lands of Indigenous peoples, but they are under assault

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