Green-minded Glasgow seeks to heat homes from river and air

Glasgow says climate action must not price out the poor. Here's how the city - host to this year's COP26 U.N. climate summit - is looking to slash hefty emissions from homes without leaving them behind

Young Afghan women defiant as Taliban bring back moral police

During the Taliban’s previous rule, women and girls faced violence for breaking moral code


Amazon labor conditions under scrutiny by California lawmakers

Warehouses in California could be forced to disclose productivity quotas and ban harmful targets under draft law


India evictions during COVID-19 a 'human rights crisis'

Many of the evictions were carried out without following due process, with few people being compensated or resettled


FACTBOX: As Mexico decriminalises abortion, what are the laws worldwide?

With Mexico decriminalising abortion, here is a round-up of abortion laws worldwide


'Tiger on my farm': Indian coal mining hub brings new dangers for villagers

India is the world's second-largest coal producer and is ramping up mining to meet energy needs - but impacts are mostly negative for local communities, environmentalists say


Hurricane Ida power failures prompt calls for more solar energy, tougher grids

New Orleans residents and others are eyeing renewable energy as a way to shore up power supplies against increasingly extreme weather fueled by climate change


Nature-curious investors await bankable conservation deals

New research shows private investors want to put more money into projects to protect and restore nature - but there are few profitable options that match their needs


Australia will cancel Afghanistan test if women's cricket banned

Australian media have quoted a Taliban representative as saying he does not not think women will be allowed to play cricket


Money, mimicry and mind control: Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

In an attempt to protect privacy and other freedoms, lawmakers in the European Union and United States are pursuing far-reaching controls on AI systems.


Opinion

OPINION: India’s tribal women left behind in progress toward gender equality

A discriminatory land governance system coupled with gendered social norms result in violence and oppression of women in Jharkhand, India



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