One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare
Vaccines offer a hope for return to normal, but some parents face being stuck at home as they struggle to get childcare
China carbon emissions exceeded OECD total in 2019 -research
China put out more than a quarter of the world's total emissions in 2019, with the total rising further in 2020, researchers say
Data tools boost U.S. campaigners push for racial equity
The new Racial Equity Data Lab helps advocates and policymakers create ‘report card’ on racial inequities in housing and wages
Kings of Lagos: children learn chess to seek escape from Nigeria's slums
Children hope that learning to win at the game will offer strategies to help them climb out of poverty
G20 commits to 'full financing' of WHO scheme to buy COVID vaccines, drugs - draft
Leaders set to pledge to an extra $20 billion to make up funding gap in scheme distributing vaccines to poorer nations
Energy sector to bear brunt of stepped up German climate law - draft
Germany's energy sector is set to be ordered to slash emissions by 30%, with industry facing cuts of 15% and transport 10%
OPINION: The UK government needs to show it cares about people of colour living with HIV
People of colour continue to be disproportionately impacted by HIV globally
U.S. solar jobs fell 7% in 2020 on pandemic, efficiency gains
The decline extends a volatile period for solar sector jobs, which have yet to return to a 2016 peak before the U.S. imposed tariffs on foreign-made panels that increased prices
How low can you go? Volkswagen throws down the emissions gauntlet
Car maker is quietly letting EU policymakers know that it would support more ambitious cuts in emissions in an effort to stay ahead of the pack
Weightlifter Hubbard poised to become first transgender Olympian
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is reportedly set to be the first trans athlete to compete at the Olympics after a rule change