World's largest plant capturing carbon from air starts in Iceland
The plant sucks out up to 4,000 tons of CO2 per year - the equivalent of the annual emissions from about 790 cars
'It's connected to you': Shared causes fuel surge in disasters
From Amazon deforestation to storm-driven power outages and COVID-19, worsening disasters have common causes, which points to how to cut risks, researchers say
ANALYSIS-Sex education becomes battlefield in U.S. culture war over LGBT+ rights
The parental opt-out law passed in Tennessee may embolden more conservative states to follow in the run-up to 2022 midterms, LGBT+ activists say
Aboriginal group files U.N. complaint over heritage bill
Western Australia is re-drafting the heritage laws that have allowed damage to significant Aboriginal sites to give developers a right to appeal, while denying it to Aboriginal groups
Mexico's top court decriminalizes abortion in 'watershed moment'
Hundreds of mostly poor Mexican women have been prosecuted for abortion, while at least several dozen remain jailed
El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first day
The president says bitcoin will help Salvadorans save $400 million a year on commissions for remittances, while giving access to financial services to people with no bank account
Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID surge mark first weeks of school
At least four Miami-Dade County teachers or staff have died from COVID so far this school year, while parents clash with school and health officials over COVID precautions
Biden tours flood-hit areas; calls climate change 'existential threat'
Biden has made fighting climate change a key plank of his 2020 presidential campaign and a top priority of his administration, but some of his goals rely on getting the support from U.S. Congress
COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
Global Fund says excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis in some countries could even exceed those from the virus itself
Is Britain's social care insurance hike unfair for Black and Asian workers?
Critics say people from ethnic minority groups will be disproportionately affected by the insurance increase because they tend to be younger and lower-paid