LGBT+ Ugandans find camaraderie, hope and despair on election day
Gay voters in Uganda are anxious after President Yoweri Museveni called homosexuals a "deviation"
Italian data authority takes aim at Whatsapp's privacy disclaimer
The changes to Whatsapp's privacy policy have come under scrutiny globally, with Turkey's competition board launching an investigation and a legal challenge filed in India
Chinese tech patents tools that can detect, track Uighurs
Top China security camera manufacturers have offered 'Uyghurs analytics', including Hikvision, Dahua and Uniview, according to IPVM report
Scientists warn climate change is harming children's diets
Rising temperatures and lower rainfalls could undo decades of work reducing malnutrition
Texas woman charged with taking girl abroad for FGM in landmark U.S. case
Indictment comes a week after Trump signed a law toughening the country’s ban on the ancient practice
Campaigners to Biden: Environmental justice key to tackling climate change
Activists say U.S.'s role as biggest historical emitter gives it responsibility to remedy disproportionate impact of climate change on developing nations and indigenous peoples
Governments urged to use COVID-19 stimulus to adapt to climate threats
Adaptation to extreme weather and rising seas has lagged behind as warming impacts worsen, but pandemic recovery is an opportunity to catch up, say U.N. officials
Global temperatures in 2020 among highest on record -WMO
Temperatures in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year since records began despite a drop in fossil fuel emissions amid the coronavirus pandemic
No jab, no job? UK plumbing firm exploring vaccine rules for staff
Pimlico Plumbers has been talking to its lawyers about making the vaccine mandatory for new hires
Bangladeshi vows to fight bar on women conducting weddings
It is legal for a woman to become a marriage registrar - but there are no women doing the job in Bangladesh