Another cyclone, growing stronger, set to hit central Mozambique
Cyclones and flash floods, which used to batter this stretch of southeast African coastline only rarely, have become a regular occurrence
WHO says Pfizer deal could allow poor countries to start vaccinating in Feb
The WHO-led COVAX scheme signed deals for hundreds of millions of doses to vaccinate people in poor and lower-middle income countries, but vaccinations have yet to start
UK jails men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths
Discovery of 39 men, women and children in the back of the truck on an industrial estate east of London shocked Britain and Vietnam
Mexico's president disputes rights concerns over trapped asylum seekers
Humanitarian groups have documented attacks, extortion, kidnapping, and sexual violence against many from Central America forced to wait in Mexico under a U.S. program
World leaders urged to learn from pandemic in adapting to climate change
The COVID-19 crisis is a 'foretaste' of how accelerating warming could affect our lives, but also offer lessons in how to respond, says chair of UN climate science panel
Honduran abortion rights activists vow to fight on after setback
A constitutional reform approved by Congress would make it more difficult to decriminalise abortion
Eight unusual places being used as COVID-19 vaccination centres
From a cathedral to a water park, here are some of the more quirky spots being used to roll out mass vaccine campaigns globally
Mexico human trafficking cases stall as coronavirus bites
Prosecutors are struggling to keep up with criminal networks during the pandemic, experts say
U.S. alone won't fill COVAX funding gap, lead official says
The roll-out of the COVAX scheme is due to start next month with 1.8 billion doses due to go to poorer countries in 2021
EU countries mull call for global coal power phaseout, end to fossil fuel subsidies - draft
The EU could call to forge "high-ambition" alliances with large economies to spur faster emissions cuts