Herbs and hotels: The small businesses helping revive rural Portugal

Portugal's rural areas have been losing population for several decades now a growing number of small businesses are propping up the rural interior, drawn by the availability of land

U.N. awards Cyndi Lauper first social justice prize for LGBT+ work

Lauper will receive the United Nations inaugural High Note Global Prize for the work of her charity, True Colors United, which supports homeless LGBT+ youth


Demands grow for 'global justice' on climate damage at U.N. talks

Funding to cover the losses poor nations are suffering from more extreme weather and rising seas will be high on the agenda at U.N. conference in Madrid


U.S. launches anti-violence effort for indigenous women, girls

Task force aims to improve coordination and communication among federal, state and tribal authorities in response to cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children


Talk to me: counsellors help child workers win justice in India

Born into poverty, thousands of children - mostly boys - from the northern Indian state of Bihar have for years been trafficked to Jaipur to work as slaves


New sex offenders register may deter Nigerians with 'no conscience'

One in 10 women in Nigeria have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner in the last 12 months


Australia makes rare arrest in international 'sextortion' case

Sextortion cases have become increasingly common in recent years, with the advancement and easy access of technology enabling perpetrators to blackmail and sexually assault women


Japan store reviews plan for staff to wear menstruation badges after outcry

The plan was originally aimed at fostering sympathy among co-workers


New law to give indigenous peoples more sway in Canada's British Columbia

The bill stalled during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first term in power due to criticisms that it would give indigenous groups a veto on future energy projects


47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge

The trial is a test case for a law banning gay marriage, punishable by a 14-year jail term, and same-sex "amorous relationships"


Rescuers keep working in Albanian town as death toll hits 40

Italy, Greece, Romania and others rushed teams in and they are searching for survivors as 530 aftershocks, some with a magnitude over 5, kept rocking buildings and scaring people



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