Adaptation no longer 'Cinderella' of climate action - but barriers remain
Efforts to cope with more extreme weather and rising seas are becoming mainstream, yet still lack enough funding, careful planning and local involvement, experts say
Twitter to add more labels identifying world leader and government accounts
Twitter's approach to world leaders and officials is under scrutiny after Trump's ban and as political firestorms have raged in Myanmar and India
'We're dying': Audio calls of migrants trapped in truck prompt U.S. investigation
ICE's investigative unit are looking into 911 calls that may indicate human trafficking, including one from a male caller breathing heavily as someone shouted "help" in Spanish
Ethiopia closes camps housing Eritrean refugees in Tigray after reports of attacks
The UNHCR has called for protection for the residents of the Shimelba and Hitsats camps, which it says were attacked by armed men who killed and abducted refugees
'Face control': Russian police go digital against protesters
Reports from protesters indicate police are using facial recognition technology to make preventive arrests and detentions
Black, gay and happy: is Hollywood ready for that?
Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels wants to make a gay superhero film and a gay love story with a happy ending - but says Hollywood has never been ready for his work
India warns U.S. social media firms after dispute with Twitter
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp were told they were welcome to operate in India, but only if they play by India's rules
'Seat at the table': Women's land rights seen as key to climate fight
Legally and socially recognised rights for women to communal lands can protect them from climate-change effects and investors
Pakistan to allow private firms to import COVID shots, exempt from price caps -documents
Though not having secured substantive volumes of vaccines for the nation of 220 million, Pakistan will allow private buyers to buy shots on the open market
Lunar New Year: COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink
A year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are shutting up shop. But there is hope for recovery