Canada evacuates by air remote indigenous community due to wildfire
So far, planes have flown 226 people to the city of Thunder Bay on Lake Superior, approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Pikangikum First Nation, a community of 4,000 people
INTERVIEW-Colombia seen losing deforestation battle in war-hit areas
Colombia had the fourth greatest loss of primary rainforest of any country in 2018
Venezuela healthcare collapse: Four children die in same hospital this month
Children have paid an especially heavy price from the collapse in Venezuela's healthcare system as the economy has shrunk by over a half during six years of recession
As climate risks rise, insurance needed to protect development
Less than 5 percent of disaster losses are covered by insurance in poorer countries, versus 50 percent in rich nations
'How can she have HIV?':Pakistan town struggles with surge in infections
Health officials say 681 people have tested positive for HIV in Ratodero, of whom 537 are children, since April 25
Extinction Rebellion considers using drones to shut London's Heathrow Airport
"This is not about targeting the public, but holding the Government to their duty to take leadership on the climate and ecological emergency," the group said
Out of sight, out of mind: Zimbabwe locks up its disabled
Neither officials nor disability rights activists can guess how many disabled people are imprisoned in a country with few reliable statistics about even the prevalence of disability
New Mexico town gets death threats after halting crowd-funded border wall
A Florida-based group has raised $23 million via crowd-funding site GoFundMe.com to build private border walls to halt smuggling and a surge in undocumented migrants
Work not handouts: entrepreneurs reboot image of refugees
As social entrepreneurs - who aim to do good, as well as make profit – a growing number of refugees are rebuilding their own lives, rather than relying on handouts
U.S. disaster aid bill blocked again as Republican objects
Lawmakers and the White House haggled over the bill for months