Austria increases incentives to buy electric cars
Austria joins a growing trend of countries offering financial incentives to drivers to go green
Bangladesh sex workers face hunger, abuse as coronavirus hits trade
Many are having to skip meals and report being beaten by brokers unpaid due to the lack of work
Mexican president slammed after comments on women staying at home
'The tradition in Mexico is that daughters are the ones who care the most for parents,' President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said
More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus - UNICEF
'If we do not receive urgent funding, children will be pushed to the brink of starvation and many will die,' said UNICEF Yemen representative Sara Beysolow Nyanti
U.S. finds Bangladesh improving anti-trafficking efforts in annual report
Bangladesh’s upgrade in the United States’ Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report reduces risk of U.S sanctions
Foreign ministers flag climate change as major spark for conflicts
Food and water scarcity, in particular, are becoming important drivers of conflict and need to become a security priority now, ministers say
Coronavirus cuts force Indonesia to scale back forest protection
Budget for firefighting teams has been cut by half, while layoffs due to pandemic encourage more people to clear land for crops using fire
Green group gives U.S. toilet paper makers failing grade over forest use
Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark and Georgia-Pacific rely on virgin forest fiber to make tissue products rather than using recycled alternatives, Natural Resources Defense Council says
Siberian heat wave is a 'warning cry' from the Arctic, climate scientists say
Extreme heat is fanning the unusual extent of wildfires across northern Russia, leading to higher carbon emissions
Son of woman killed in security operation seeks attention for Jamaica's poorest suburbs
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