Lawyer who sued Chevron over Ecuador pollution faces N.Y. contempt trial
Steven Donziger faces trial over refusal to hand over phone and devices in long-running battle with fossil fuel giant
Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts
As Palestinians took to social media to protest pending evictions, some found their posts removed or their accounts blocked
Biden revives LGBT protections against healthcare discrimination
Biden, who took office in January, has sought to overturn Trump policies limiting the rights of LGBT Americans
Futuristic computer game hopes to be tonic for climate change anxiety
Survive the Century aims to use play to give users hope and a sense of agency about the planet's future
EU parliament committee rubber-stamps climate change law
The committee gave the green light to the law including its 55% emissions-cutting target for 2030
We live in our smartphones, anthropologists say
Researchers at University College London argue that smartphones have become so fundamental that they are like places people live, rather than mere tools of communication
Biden administration to protect LGBT people against healthcare bias
Gay and trans people will be protected against discrimination in healthcare, reversing a policy put in place by President Donald Trump
Pandemic's hard realities worsen Venezuelan child labor crisis
The child labor problem has been fueled by a mass migration of more than 5 million Venezuelans that turned many children into breadwinners for their families
Ivory Coast police rescue 68 children working on cocoa farms
Despite years of efforts to end child labour Ivory Coast still has close to 1 million children working in the cocoa sector
German priests defy Vatican ban by blessing same-sex unions
Priests backing Germany’s "Liebe Gewinnt" or "Love Wins" initiative say the Catholic Church is out of touch with its LGBT+ followers