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Growing calls to legalize U.S. street vendors post pandemic
As COVID-19 sweeps rural India, sick struggle to access healthcare
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As COVID-19 brings work home, calls for 'right to disconnect' grow
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Climate change and a 'just transition'
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Sustainable fashion
COVID-19: What else can Biden do to help vaccinate the world?
Vaccine IP waiver 'could take months for WTO to negotiate'
QUOTES-U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccines
Tech-savvy Indians use coding skills to find COVID-19 vaccine slot
Gridlock in Athens as transport staff strike over labour reform
Data tools boost U.S. campaigners push for racial equity
Children learn chess to seek escape from Nigeria's slums
One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare
G20 commits to 'full financing' of WHO scheme to buy vaccines
U.S. solar jobs fell 7% in 2020 on pandemic, efficiency gains
U.S. backs giving poor nations access to COVID-19 vaccine patents
U.S. judge throws out moratorium on evicting renters
World Bank urges rich countries to ease grip on vaccine stockpiles
Facebook oversight board upholds Trump's suspension
'Cooling gap' widens, despite rising heat, as virus hikes poverty
U.N. chief pushes voluntary sharing of COVID-19 vaccine licenses
Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth
Retailers urge Brazil to scrap bill seen boosting deforestation
Australian PM hears emotional plea for Cameroonian asylum-seekers
Wealth and philanthropy of Bill and Melinda Gates
Heeding complaints, Biden lifts refugee cap to 62,500
Myanmar protesters raise voices to 'shake the world'
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UK foreign aid: where does the money go?
The UK's controversial 'fire and rehire' practices, explained
Cambodia's largest casino slashes redundancy pay due to COVID-19
Can therapy ease the trauma of U.S. systemic racism?
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UK law aims to ban financial abuse in relationships. Can it work?
U.S. military pressed to act on wave of child injuries in housing
Ethiopia’s rural communities battle to end Guinea worm scourge
COVID-19 costs women $800 billion in lost income
Coronavirus vaccine passports: What you need to know
'Life is precious' say Indian migrants fleeing COVID-hit cities
Biden plan includes free meals for millions of low-income children
'Climate dividends' can help cut emissions and poverty, study says
Denmark firm on returning refugees to war-torn Syria
Kenyan tour guides take COVID vaccine in hopes of tourism revival
City of London to convert empty financial offices into homes
analysis
Viable plan or privacy threat? Europe embraces digital passports
Uber pledges to boost safety for South African drivers
Red carpet gets under way for history-making Oscars
PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus 'storm', U.S. to help
Female car repair shop owner blazes a trail in UAE
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Opinion

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G7 leaders know how to prevent famines, but will they act?

Today’s G7 meeting is a potential gamechanger for preventing famine in crisis countries if world powers step up
Sandeep Chachra ActionAid Association

An apology to India’s army of informal workers

As we mark the second consecutive International Workers Day under COVID-19, we need to recognise how the world has failed its workers.
Sheree Atcheson

Basecamp's decision to ban politics at work is a big step backward

Tech company Basecamp’s ban on political discussion on company platforms is a choice to perpetuate the status quo, and overlooks how politics and societal issues shape the world of work
Maggie J. Parker Innovan Neighborhoods

Here's how Biden can address inequity in U.S. transportation plans

President Biden has pledged billions of dollars on upgrading transport, those plans must include affordable housing and commercial space for businesses owned by people of color

In Depth

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ANALYSIS - Viable plan or security theatre? Europe embraces digital health pass
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Rich nations under fire for funding gas as 'bridge fuel' overseas
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'COVID is a wake-up call': Black entrepreneurs aim to level playing field
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Businesses join hands to find 'right recipe' for zero-carbon industries

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