Picked by slaves: coffee crisis brews in Brazil

A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation uncovers extensive slave labor running largely unchecked in Brazil's billion-dollar coffee industry despite years of efforts to clean up the sector - which could now put sales at risk

Dry man of Europe, Poland strives to save water

Poland - hit by back-to-back droughts - is on a mission to save water and end its reputation as dry man of Europe


Young U.S. Republicans defy party to fight climate change

Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends have called for laws to tax oil, natural gas and coal producers of planet-warming greenhouse gases


Mexico's president condemns LGBT+ hate crimes after painting row

Protestors called for the removal of a painting of revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata naked but for a pink sombrero, high heels and a ribbon


Liverpool backs probe into Qatar migrant worker deaths

The Gulf state has come under scrutiny over what pressure groups describe as poor labour conditions as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup


Colombia's Amazon forest gets boost with $366 million protection fund

As Brazil's government pulls back on forest protection, European money to preserve forests flows to Colombia


Push for climate-damage fund set to fall flat at UN talks

Aid experts and some poorer nations had hoped Madrid talks would back a new financing facility to repair harm from climate change - but it appears to be off the table


FACTBOX-Following Finland: 9 facts about women in government

As the Nordic nation blazes a trail putting women in positions of power what are other countries doing?


TIMELINE-Greta Thunberg's rise from unknown activist to Time Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg, who has inspired a global movement for climate change, has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2019 - the latest accolade for her work


Hotline launches to help Polish women travel abroad for abortion

The Abortion Without Borders service will refer women to medical abortion providers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain


'Big Sisters' ride to rescue of Nepali child brides

Hundreds of Big Sisters - many of them former child brides themselves - have volunteered to counsel teenage girls, their families and communities, on the impact of marrying young



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