Closing down: aging residents, falling fish stocks spell end for Canadian townA tiny town in Canada is closing down, with residents in the tight-knit community packing their belongings and making the final preparations to shutter their homes |
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Top hotels sued for 'industry-wide failures' to prevent U.S. sex traffickingThe filing marks the first time the hotel industry - which has long been accused of serving as a breeding ground for sexual exploitation of women and children - faced action as a group |
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Climate change tops list of global worries for young people, says AmnestyIn a poll of young people on six continents, four in 10 say it's one of the most important issues facing the world |
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FACTBOX-Five ways women protested against sexual violence this yearMore than one in three women will be a victim of violence in their lifetime, according to the UN |
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Refugee girls in Chad embrace school as path to university opens upOnly one in four Chadian boys and half as many girls attend secondary school, with poverty, lack of access and child marriage contributing to the low rates |
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With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farmThe space, atop one of Thailand's oldest universities, mimics rice terraces and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, say landscapers |
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Deadly factory fire highlights dangers facing India's migrant workers"These are the migrant workers, who are regularly being pushed into the most hazardous and inhuman conditions of work," said a charity executive |
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Winds of hunger: Simultaneous heatwaves could batter food-growing countriesWaves in the planet's jet stream, combined with hotter climate-driven temperatures, could threaten crops in multiple regions at once, researchers warn |
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As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia asks UN judges to 'stop genocide' in MyanmarSuu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks by Rohingya militants |
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Youth urge adults to stop 'acting like children' on climate changeEfforts to involve young people in climate policy making, and respect their rights, need to be stepped up, officials urge |
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Charity sues Kenya over treatment of trafficked Indian, Nepali womenThe complaint says the women were made to stay in Kenya for months and testify against their traffickers, causing them psychological harm |
OPINION: Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis - the epicentre of the global climate emergencyFor Zimbabweans, the drought is compounded by an economic crisis of spiralling inflation, unemployment, chronic fuel shortages, and the collapse of essential services |
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