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Myanmar jade mine disaster fed by COVID-era desperation
India's plan to help small businesses does little to save them
U.S. town creates local currency to boost coronavirus relief
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British schools could do better on energy to meet UK climate goal
Rio's favelas turn to tech to fight underreporting of coronavirus
Severe bread shortages loom for Syria as fresh U.S. sanctions grip
Back whistleblowers to stop abuses, says UK anti-slavery tsar
Workplace discrimination allowed in nearly one in four countries
COVID-19 will push middle-income countries into hunger, Oxfam says
Afghan women spin new careers by reviving ancient Silk Road crafts
Meet the entrepreneurs using fintech to help refugees
Brazil's Bolsonaro vetoes COVID-19 support for indigenous people
Workers rights allegations fail to deter Boohoo sell-side backers
Shrinking water supplies threaten to put Iraq 'on the edge'
From inmate to homeless: Poor housing returns convicts to jail
Free ambulance helps save mothers and babies in Kenya lockdown
No more glass ceiling? Germany seeks female boardroom quota deal
In shops and cafes, refugees hardest hit by coronavirus job cuts
UK police call in watchdog over stop-and-search of Black athletes
COVID-19 exposes 'distorted picture' of poverty gains: U.N. envoy
U.S. government's boxed food aid promise falls short
Post-lockdown life brings new challenges for disabled workers
'India's George Floyds' spur calls for end to police brutality
Unconscious Bias: Do Newsrooms Struggle To Report On Race Issues?
Tokyo temple offers pandemic-hit Vietnamese workers a safe haven
Pakistan's tree-planting push has a sweetener: more honey
Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say India slum businesses
An end to Australia's apartment binge looms over jobs, growth
Scrabble players look to bar racist or homophobic slurs
Calls for removal of the world's largest Confederate Monument
Life-saving HIV drugs risk running out as COVID-19 hits supplies
No work and no savings, Nepal's Sherpa widows face uphill battle
Concert held at Baalbek ancient ruins this year as message of hope
Kenya uses app in battle against desert locusts
With coronavirus, global food banks see record demand
Patchy demand at stores spells more pain for garment suppliers
Lebanon's top Christian clerics blast politicians as hunger bites
Argentina's child poverty rate soars amid pandemic
Brazil's indigenous seed collectors in demand for forest revival
Clock ticks on greener homes as UK seeks jobs and emissions cuts
Former child miner wins Diana award for setting up school in India
U.S. Black and white unemployment rates gap is widest in 5 years
Bangladeshi solar-sharing start-up aims to cut power waste
S. African man dragged from home sparks action against evictions
Doctor brings mobile COVID-19 testing to Black communities
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