Pandemic exposes 'hidden poverty' in unequal cities
About half of the world's population live in urban areas, and city mayors are on the frontline of the COVID-19 response
Scientists propose tax on meat and livestock to help avert future pandemics
Rising demand for meat drives pandemic risk as well as biodiversity loss and climate change, study says
Canada privacy agency raps mall owner for illegally collecting shoppers' personal data
Company escapes without financial penalty for illegally collecting data on 5 million shoppers
Banker bonuses must be blind to gender, says EU regulator
The banking watchdog unveiled planned new guidance saying banks should not pay women less than men for equal work
Trump woos LGBT+ Americans as polls hand gay vote to Biden
In a break from past Republican presidential campaigns, Donald Trump has gone out of his way to court LGBT+ voters
OPINION: From the Global Gag Rule to the Geneva Consensus, women’s bodies bear the brunt
The U.S. continues to attack the reproductive rights of women globally, resulting in unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions
Polish abortion protests go global
From Oslo to Chicago, abortion rights protesters are gathering to condemn a Polish court ruling that will restrict access to abortion
Launch a baking business during COVID-19? This UK entrepreneur says yes
In launching her breadmaking classes, British entrepreneur Rosy Benson hopes to capitalize on a pandemic-induced rethink about how we eat
Jamaican teacher turns Kingston walls into blackboards
With schools closed under COVID-19, Taneka Mckoy has created open-air classrooms by writing lessons on building walls
Protect nature or face deadlier pandemics than COVID-19, scientists warn
Prevention would be 100 times cheaper than the cost of responding to fast-spreading viruses, an international study finds