OPINION: Today’s climate and food crises can only be solved in tandem
Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening hunger. What can change that?
Cambodia releases activists detained over illegal logging protest
Global Witness says Prey Lang forest, home to endangered plants and animals, lost nearly a tenth of its trees in past two decades and illegal logging has escalated during the pandemic
Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students' computers sparks privacy fears
The monitoring software allows Singapore's teachers to view and control students' screens remotely, sparking privacy concerns
What recovery? Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to survive
The global apparel industry is seeing its hopes of recovery punctured by a new wave of COVID-19 lockdowns and patchy national vaccine rollouts
Buyers shun major Malaysian palm oil producers after forced labour allegations
FGV and Sime Darby, two of the world’s biggest palm oil producers, were both banned by U.S. customs over the alleged use of forced labour during production
'Eat and have a job': Moldovan youth advisor lays out economic basis for climate action
Young economist Vladislav Kaim, who advises the UN chief, worries his generation will face a huge burden of debt from COVID-19 spending, lack of jobs and growing climate threats
German SPD targets climate-neutral economy in election campaign
Germany has pledged to be greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050, but the Social Democratic Party is putting it at the top of its agenda to make it more likely to meet the target
Himalayan glacier breaks in India, around 125 missing in floods
The latest disaster prompted calls by environment groups for a review of power projects in the ecologically sensitive mountains
Pope Francis appoints more women to Vatican posts
Pope Francis appointed two women, Nathalie Becquart and Catia Summaria, to Vatican posts with Becquart now able to vote in all-male assemblies
Over 30 Rohingya caught arriving in Malaysia by boat in January - police
Seeking refuge, Muslim Rohingya have for years boarded boats fleeing persecution in Myanmar and refugee camps in Bangladesh