From apps to air miles: 7 ways tech can help Afghans
Desperate scenes in Kabul are met with high-tech help as offers of rides, meals and beds go online
'We need help': Thunberg's movement makes plea to rescue Afghan climate activists
Climate activists have been trying to get Afghan campaigners and their families onto evacuation lists, but eight days after their first calls for help, there has been no response
China pushes new global biodiversity fund to help secure nature accord
Developing nations say they need more finance to conserve their natural environments - and China has floated the idea of a fund to channel billions of dollars to protect biodiversity
Tribes launch bid to protect Amazon forest at global conservation forum
A coalition of indigenous groups is calling on International Union for Conservation of Nature members to back a motion to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025, to stem forest loss
Amid Lebanon blackouts, dark comedy offers glimmer of light
Nowhere does the term 'dark humor' apply more than Lebanon, where caustic comedians are poking fun at blackouts, gas lines and lira rates
'Now, we are back to zero': Afghan businesswomen on the run
From CEOs to coffee shop owners, Afghan women entrepreneurs have shutdown their businesses and fled the country or gone into hiding, fearing reprisals after the Taliban's takeover.
Climate change fuels more ‘fire-prone’ days beyond U.S. West coast
California and the Pacific Northwest have attracted much of the attention during the 2021 wildfire season, but climate change-fueled fire risk is encroaching much farther east, researchers say
With Assam silk and trees, Indians fight climate change and trafficking
Under a new initiative, families across Assam are weaving and restoring forests to boost their incomes in a region hit by frequent floods, low farm yields and unemployment
Bangladeshi women try on rare leadership roles for a fairer fashion future
Training schemes to help female garment workers become team supervisors offer skills that could protect their livelihoods as owners eye greener, high-tech factories
Afghan women's hard-won land rights seen at risk under Taliban
The militant group imposed a strict Islamic law that largely denied women’s property rights during its last rule, and campaigners fear fragile gains could now be lost