Soaring food prices squeeze family budgets around the world

As COVID-19 took away jobs, world food prices hit record highs. From India to Costa Rica, we ask how families are coping with soaring food costs

Fossil fuel firms face new challenge over 'greenwashing' ads

Rather than going through the courts, green groups have filed a false advertising complaint against Chevron with the U.S. agency which enforces rules against deceptive ads


Watermills grind to a halt as erratic weather hits Kashmir grains

Dwindling harvests of wheat and corn mean less demand for flour, forcing thousands of watermills across the region to close as their owners look for other work


UK children can stop nude photos being shared online with new tool

British charities launch web tool to help young people stop sexual images from being shared online


As seas rise, coastal communities face hard choices over 'managed retreat'

Climate-change-driven sea level rise means more communities will need to move - but planning ahead could preserve what is most important and give families choices


Brazilian fishing communities fight to stay in protected forest

Families living in Jureia, near the coast, say the government is denying their traditional land rights and clearing them out in the name of conservation


Guatemala's LGBT+ community living in fear after spate of killings

There have been three murders across Guatemala over six days, bringing the total of LGBT+ murders in the country to at least 13 this year


As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive

Failure to manage climate changes impacting farming could cause catastrophic food shortages, World Resources Institute warns


Cotton industry unprepared for climate change threat to crop and farmers

Even as demand rises, worsening heat, drought and flooding threaten the world's cotton supply, and the farmers that grow it


New British 50 pound note with WW2 codebreaker Turing enters circulation

Turing designed machines to decrypt coded messages during the war, but was persecuted for being gay


Tanzania to offer alternative education for school dropouts including pregnant girls -official

Around 5,500 girls drop out of school per year in Tanzania due to pregnancy, according to the World Bank


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Opinion

OPINION: Is the finance sector doing enough to promote gender equality?

Women's success in finance relies on the sector having managers that create environments that include diverse voices and weeding out the managers who continue to hire in their own likeness


OPINION: Supermarkets spent pandemic profits on shareholders, not workers

Supermarkets should take their record sales as an opportunity to create a more sustainable and resilient global food supply chain


OPINION: If Hungary doesn't follow EU values it shouldn't get EU funds

The European Commission should suspend several billion euros of structural funds for Hungary and Polish 'LGBT-free' regions



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