Personal? Private? No such thing in data-hungry world

Personal data reveals a slew of secrets about friends and family so regulators should stop fixating on individual privacy and safeguard society instead, data experts say

Green Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states

Countries from Mozambique to Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Paraguay and China get support


U.S. raps global health summit over abortion, sex education

Heads of state, financial institutions and donors have gathered in Nairobi to address maternal mortality, violence against women and voluntary family planning


INTERVIEW-Brands urged to think bigger on saving forests as 2020 goal looms

Many multinationals that use palm oil have relied on green certification schemes, but this alone will not stop forests being cut down to grow commodities, warns Consumer Goods Forum


Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse

Two years after the global #MeToo movement began, virulent online abuse of women has now pushed some out of public life


Hit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage

Telecommunications towers and other businesses are turning to solar power with battery storage to fight climate-related electricity shortages


U.S. lawmakers propose $180 billion plan to make public housing green

The Green New Deal for Public Housing aims to eliminate planet-warming carbon emissions from the nation's roughly one million units of public housing over the span of a decade


High-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras - medical charity

The Central American nation struggles to fight the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease on record


LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at 'inclusive' global sexual health summit

The International Conference on Population and Development had no sessions specifically addressing LGBT+ sexual health issues


Pope shows 'concern' on discredited gay conversion therapy

An Evangelical lesbian said Pope Francis had shown warmth to her after she told him about her experience of trying to become straight


War crimes court OKs probe into deportation of Myanmar's Rohingya

More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar's military, which U.N. says was carried out with 'genocidal intent'


Opinion

OPINION:- Technology divide has many layers, and women farmers are the farthest behind

The divide is particularly large in Africa, where men are twice as likely to use internet than women, data shows



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