India's digital database for farmers stirs fears about privacy, exclusion

AgriStack is aimed at reducing wastage and increasing efficiency, amid a push to digitise data in India, from land titles to medical records

Philippine 'river warriors' fight tide of trash for cleaner future

The Filipino "river warriors" wear rubber boots and elbow-length gloves, using rakes and handmade tools to scoop rubbish from stagnant waters in different locations


Luxembourg gay PM blasts 'stigmatizing' new Hungarian law

The EU is pushing Hungary to revoke the anti-LGBT law and threatened legal action against Budapest for violating fundamental democratic rules


EXPLAINER-Climate change and financial disclosure - what's at stake?

Financial institutions are under increasing pressure to disclose how much their balance sheets are exposed to climate-related risks


Hundreds more unmarked graves found at erstwhile Canadian residential school

The unmarked graves of another estimated 751 have been found at a Canadian residential school


Gibraltar approves easing strict abortion law in referendum

Gibraltar's criminal law has until now banned abortion in all circumstances, with a maximum punishment in theory of life in prison


Rio kept destruction of Ice Age Australia heritage secret, Aboriginal group says

The Aboriginal group say that material dating back at least 18,000 years and other artefacts were thrown in a Darwin rubbish heap


New Zealand plans stronger hate speech laws in response to Christchurch attack

Two years on from a white supremacist attack that killed 51 Muslims, New Zealand has proposed new criminal offences for hate speech it says will be more effective


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OPINION: COVID exacerbated modern slavery - and offers a chance to end it

No country is free from slavery, and it is the responsibility of all governments to take action to fulfill their commitments to combat modern slavery and protect those who are most vulnerable


OPINION: Can a global social protection fund prevent the next economic crisis?

With millions of people falling into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, social protection should be seen not as a cost, but rather as an investment



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