EU plans new social fund to shield citizens from carbon costs - draft
The EU's executive Commission is putting the finishing touches to a bumper package of 12 climate policies it will propose on Wednesday
Racism in football: How will Facebook, Twitter stop online abuse?
England's Black footballers have faced a wave of racist abuse on social media in the wake of the team's Euro 2020 defeat. What are tech giants doing to quell the hate?
EU holds up Hungary's recovery money in rule-of-law standoff
Budapest has clashed with the EU on multiple occasions over Orban’s human rights record
WHO says countries should not order COVID-19 boosters while others still need vaccines
The WHO said it had not seen evidence showing that booster shots were necessary for those who have received a full course of vaccine
Egypt tightens punishment for sexual harassment
The penalty for sexual harassment was increased from a minimum of one year in prison to a minimum of five years
Children's books editor to leave Hungary over anti-LGBT+ law
Law that came into force last week, which has been condemned by the European Union, bans material that ‘promotes or depicts gender change and homosexuality’ to under-18s
Scuffles flare in Georgia parliament after death of journalist
Following the death of Alexander Lashkarava, a cameraman covering a pride march in Tbilisi, scuffles flare in Georgia parliament
Pope to attend November U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, health permitting
Francis is in a Rome hospital recovering from colon surgery and will remain there for a few more days, the Vatican said on Monday
Activists in Egypt demand better enforcement on sexual harassment
As Egypt toughens its sexual harassment law, women's rights activists raise concerns over a lack of enforcement
Chinese drugmakers agree to supply more than half a billion vaccines to COVAX
The new deals include up to 170 million doses of the Sinopharm shot and up to 380 million shots of the Sinovac vaccine, through to the middle of 2022