'Inferior' women: China counters Uighur criticism with explicit PR attacks
With a growing number of Western lawmakers accusing China of genocide, Beijing is focussing on discrediting the female Uighur witnesses behind recent reports of abuse
China to develop tech to deal with misbehaving apps, plug personal information leaks
China has asked companies to suspend apps for rectifications and unveiled draft guidelines seeking to limit mobile apps' collection of personal data
Lost 'libraries': Brazil's indigenous people lament COVID deaths of elders
Deaths of older indigenous leaders from coronavirus represent an huge loss of culture in communities where knowledge is passed down orally
Women finance firm directors earn 66% less than men in UK, study finds
Although the number of women on FTSE 350 boards has jumped, they still earn considerably less than men
Israel plans COVID jabs for Palestinian labourers and settlement workers
Israel will administer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians who work in Israel or in its settlements in the occupied West Bank
New York Governor Cuomo backs down on plan to pick lawyer to review his alleged sexual misconduct
Responding to the latest allegations, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has denied making any sexual advances
U.S. calls on African Union to exert pressure over worsening crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray
Thousands of people have died, hundreds of thousands have been forced from homes and there are shortages of food, water and medicine
Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girls
An armed gang kidnapped 317 girls from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in the town of Jangebe
Russia launches satellite to monitor climate in Arctic
The mission will monitor the climate and environment in the fast-warming Arctic amid a push by the Kremlin to expand Russia's activities in the region
Dominican Republic to construct fence along border with Haiti
The Dominican Republic will begin constructing a fence along its border with Haiti to curb unauthorized migration and illicit trade