'You have to fight': For women refugees, finding work is doubly hard
Finding work is not easy for any refugee, but women say they face particular challenges in accessing jobs, from sexism to the burden of caring for children and elderly relatives
Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo
The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from Congo was filed on Sunday against Tesla Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Dell Technologies Inc.
Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Africa
Images in the court documents, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., showed children with disfigured or missing limbs
Major companies pledge jobs, education for refugees
The pledges come at the end of a decade in which the number of refugees worldwide has doubled to more than 25 million people
INVESTIGATION-Picked by slaves: coffee crisis brews in Brazil
A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation uncovers extensive slave labor running largely unchecked in Brazil's billion-dollar coffee industry despite years of efforts to clean up the sector
WHO decries "collective failure" as measles kills 140,000
Mistrust of authorities and misinformation over vaccines are contributing to the worldwide rise in cases
Measles toll in Congo exceeds 5,000, WHO says
Low immunisation rates and high levels of malnutrition have fuelled the deadly epidemic
OPINION: It is time to act on the climate emergency
And the only acceptable response is ending the use of fossil fuels
Poor nations pay price as millions flee 'climate chaos', Oxfam says
People are three times more likely to be displaced by cyclones, floods or fires than by conflicts
Four killed in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
Violence and unrest have hampered the health authorities' response to the second worst Ebola epidemic on record, which has killed 2,199 people since it was announced in August 2018