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Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:48 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred governments in Latin America to implement laws and initatives to boost internet access and get more people online.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:43 PM

Because warmer air holds more moisture, summer downpours in the region are also now 3-19% heavier than they would be without global warming, scientists found

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:51 PM

The storm follows an unusually wet spring and summer, which will mean worse flooding inland, especially if it lingers, one insurance expert warns

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:17 AM

The temblor claimed the lives of at least 2,207 people, injured 12,268 more and left 344 missing, according to Haitian authorities

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:08 AM

Climate change has become a focal point of debate ahead of a September election, in which the centre-left opposition is expected to defeat the incumbent Conservative-led coalition

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:51 PM

What life and restrictions for women under the Taliban rule will turn out to be will depend on the power struggle among their factions

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:06 PM

As forest fires ravage Italy amid record temperatures, a firefighter from Sardinia tells of how his work changed over the past decade

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:41 PM

Nearly half the population of Afghanistan rely on aid, but the closure of Kabul airport to commercial flights has held up deliveries

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:12 PM

A spike in rainforest loss since right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took power has provoked an international outcry, but the workers who do the logging, often in slave-like conditions, remain invisible

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:35 PM

There are over 100 slum and squatter settlements in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos. We visited five such communities as part of a Prindex study on land and housing rights, speaking to countless residents who have been repeatedly forced from their homes.