OPINION: ‘Dear John Kerry,’ from a youth climate activist in Bangladesh
As the U.S. climate change envoy arrives in Bangladesh we have a simple request: use your wealth, built on fossil fuels, to help us develop renewable energy
After Myanmar coup, printed newsletter keeps protesters informed
A simple newsletter printed on a piece of A4 paper is helping keep people up-to-date despite a crackdown on media and the internet following February's coup d'etat
Legacy for the future? Japan urged to outlaw LGBT+ discrimination before Olympics
Japanese trans athlete Fumino Sugiyama says, "We can't look back and say: 'Oh there was a big party, but nothing changed.'
Kim Kardashian is now a self-made female billionaire. Here are 5 more on the short list
Kim Kardashian joins Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd in becoming a self-made female billionaire. Here are five women who blazed the trail
Cut the debt of poor countries, Pope tells IMF, World Bank
In the letter Pope Francis said the pandemic had forced the world to come to terms with interrelated socioeconomic, ecological, and political crises
Malaysian plantation firm charters flight for Bangladeshi workers amid labour crunch
Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation flew back 123 Bangladeshi workers who went home before the pandemic and were unable to return after borders closed
COVID-19 vaccines: Who's jumping the line - and how to stop it
From Spain to Florida, the healthy and wealthy are jumping the queue to get a COVID-19 vaccine amid chaotic rollouts and supply shortages
Protests break out after murder of kidnapped woman in Kyrgyzstan
Aizada Kanatbekova, 27, is thought to have been a victim of 'bride kidnapping' in which a potential groom forcibly detains a woman or girl and pressures her to marry him
Japan denies report of vaccine priority for Olympic athletes after outcry
Japan says it is not looking to prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for Olympic athletes
Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests. Scientists are racing to track what’s left
Seagrasses store more than twice as much carbon and as land forests - but human activity is killing them off