Uganda's illegal river sand miners boost rising flood risk
The illicit trade along the Nyamwamba River is exacerbating flooding as climate change brings more extreme weather
Brazil jobs program puts migrants at risk of abuse, official warns
Venezuelan migrants worked in slavery-like conditions on a Sao Paulo orange farm after finding the jobs through Operation Welcome
Rising heat drives crippling sandstorms across the Middle East
Drought and changing weather patterns feed stronger, longer dust storms, causing damage that costs the region $13 billion a year
U.S. online grocery delivery boom helps open up access to fresh food
More than nine in ten Americans can get food delivered at a click, new research finds, helping those who struggle to reach bricks and mortar stores
Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
Climate researchers in India's financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the city's flood response
Youth anger over India's army hiring shakeup spotlights jobs crisis
India's young military aspirants fear for the future as a new short-term hiring plan offers little job security
More than a million pack London's streets for Pride parade
The three-hour-long parade, headed by veterans of the LGBT movement who took part in Britain's first Pride march, retraced part of the original route of 1972.
High-profile murders in Brazil's Amazon highlight soaring violence
The deaths of British reporter Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira highlight growing Amazon violence
Youth street protesters turn sights on climate 'villains'
Frustrated by slow action on climate threats, youth activists are trying more targeted confrontations with bankers and politicians
Call to ban LGBTQ+ events in Lebanon sparks rights groups' anger
LGBTQ+ groups say they will not be deterred by minister Bassam Mawlawi's order to ban their events for spreading 'perversion'