Alabama transgender youth can use medicine during transition, judge rules
The measure makes it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to provide or administer puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender and nonbinary youth under 19.
Cuba marks Latin America's first LGBTQ+ history month
Lectures, workshops and other events promoting inclusion will be held on the Communist-run island during May in what organizers say is an important first aimed at fighting discrimination
Poor workers bear the brunt of India's heatwave
Labourers on construction sites are falling sick due to extreme heat - but when they can't work, they lose income, which makes it hard to afford enough to eat
U.S. wildfire dangers seen spreading east as climate risks grow
As wildfires devastate swathes of the Western United States, parts of the Midwest and East Coast also face an increasing threat due to accelerating climate change risks, researchers say
Uganda sued over digital ID system that excludes millions
Three charities have filed suit against the government, saying women and the elderly are missing out on healthcare and welfare benefits due to flaws in the identity card rollout
In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops
In Indonesia's apple-growing heartlands, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures are eating away at farmers' profits
EU eyes Big Tech to police child sex abuse online
With a steep rise of child sexual abuse online, the EU is calling on Big Tech to report and remove illegal content, but the methods which they use could lead to mass surveillance, privacy activists say
Qatar World Cup hotels must welcome guests in 'non-discriminatory manner,' FIFA says
Three of the 69 hotels on FIFA's official list of recommended accommodation will deny entry to same-sex couples, a Scandinavian media survey showed.
In Haiti, rising gang violence drives out small business owners
Mobs carrying out murder, extortion rackets and kidnappings are forcing many small traders to flee and driving up the cost of goods in an already shattered economy
As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
The era of cheap food may be ending as climate change, conflict and widespread poverty make food harder to grow and afford – but key policy shifts could help