Worried about climate change? There's a book for that
As the warming world faces raging forest fires, rising seas and increasingly erratic weather, there has been a boom in books about climate change
Indonesia curbs deforestation rate in 2020: environment ministry
Jakarta says it reduced the rate of deforestation by 75% last year by controlling forest fires and limiting land clearing - but activists point to the pandemic and wet weather instead
China's ICBC unit sets guidelines to prevent office sexual harassment
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sets guidelines to prevent office sexual harassment by suggesting avoiding physical contact or one-on-one interactions with colleagues of the opposite gender
How private equity squeezes cash from the dying US coal industry
Private equity firms are cashing in on demand for fossil fuels to meet surges in energy demand
China counters Uighur criticism with explicit attacks on women witnesses
As allegations of human rights violations mount, China is focusing on discrediting female Uighur witnesses behind recent reports of abuse
Yemenis reel from poverty, hunger as U.N pleads for funds and war's end
Yemenis face desperation and starvation as the country's six-year war leaves economy shattered and many struggling to survive
Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girls
An armed gang kidnapped 317 girls from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in the town of Jangebe
EXCLUSIVE-European officials urge World Bank to exclude fossil-fuel investments
In a letter, senior officials from Europe said the World Bank's management should expand its climate change strategy to end backing for coal, oil and most gas projects
IMF, World Bank pledge to support G20 push against global climate risks
IMF and World Bank will work together to combat climate change by looking more closely at climate-related financial stability risk and using other tools at their disposal
U.N. rights chief decries arrests in China, abuses in Xinjiang
Reports about violations including arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, sexual violence and forced labour in Xinjiang need independent assessment, U.N. rights chief says