Biden, saying 'silence is complicity,' signs COVID hate crimes bill into law
The bill expedites a review of hate crimes reported to police during the COVID-19 pandemic, provides guidance for law enforcement, and expands public education
El Salvador clandestine cemetery investigated as possible femicide mass grave
The incident has brought the issue of femicides into focus in the country of 6.7 million, which recorded 70 incidents of the crime last year
Fact Check - KitKat is not releasing a special chocolate bar for Pride month
Posts alleging that KitKat is releasing a new chocolate bar with 'no straight lines' to celebrate Pride month are false
German lawmakers back compensation for gay soldiers
Until 2000, gay soldiers could be denied promotions, discharged from military service or even criminally convicted
Outcast to icon: Peter Tatchell's 50 years of LGBT+ activism
Veteran human rights activist Peter Tatchell celebrates more than 50 years of campaigning in new Netflix documentary
Air pollution costs each American $2,500 a year in healthcare - study
Air pollution also contributes to 107,000 premature deaths per year in the United States, a report finds
Drugmakers to make big low-cost vaccine push to poor nations - EU official
Among the drugmakers that will announce more doses for poorer nations is Pfizer-BioNTech, alongside at least two other companies
Extreme weather was the biggest reason for people to flee homes in 2020
Wilder weather linked to climate change caused 98% of last year's displacements, with many from short-term evacuations but others lasting months or longer
EXPLAINER: Colombia's deadly protests, explained
Rising poverty and unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic have unleashed a wave of social discontent and mass demonstrations across the country
Rocked by new sex claims, World Health Organization appeals for information
Investigations by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian found many Congolese women who said they were coerced into sex by men who said they worked for aid groups