Greek ex-theatre director remanded after plea over rape allegations
The case follows other sexual abuse allegations in Greek cultural life and sports in recent weeks as part of a delayed #MeToo movement
Rights group accuses Cameroonian soldiers of mass rape
Human Rights Watch say soldiers raped at least 20 women, according to interviews with survivors as well as multiple other witnesses, aid workers and officials
GRAPHIC-Disaster in the Himalayas: how a rare February landslide left more than 200 dead
The landslides could have triggered a chain reaction leading to an avalanche and heavy flow of ice, water, rocks and debris surging down the valley and destroying villages
N.Korea enslaving political prisoners to fund weapons programme -S.Korea rights group
Campaigners accuse Pyongyang of forcing men, women and children held in camps to produce quotas of coal and other goods for export
Fire, drought, beetles ravage German forests, study finds
A record 1.7 percent of the trees under observation died between 2019 and 2020, almost 10 times the average, a study examining the condition of 10,000 trees each year reveals
French actor Depardieu placed under sexual violence investigation - judicial source
Gerard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation in December 2020 and that he has not been held in custody or asked to post bail, a judicial source says
Historic U.S. Interior pick tests Senate support for Biden on climate
Deb Haaland, the first Native American ever picked for a U.S. cabinet post, pledged to oversee public lands and waters in line with President Biden's climate priorities
David Attenborough to U.N.: 'Climate change a threat to global security, I don't envy you'
"If the natural world can no longer support the most basic of our needs, then much of the rest of civilization will quickly break down," British naturalist tells the U.N. Security Council
China rejects genocide charge in Xinjiang, says door open to U.N.
China denies abuses and says its camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism
Estonian tech firm says wearable air purifier can kill virus with UV light
Respiray's air purifiers is an additional element in the toolbox against COVID-19, along with vaccines, medicines and social distancing