Carnival-crazy Trinidad seeks new economic muse in culture
Heavily dependent on oil and gas, Trinidad and Tobago is looking to diversify its economy by promoting cultural talent
Climate fund snags threaten opportunity to fight warming - Ban Ki-moon
Former U.N. chief worries fund troubles and U.S. reluctance will hold back much-needed finance for climate action
Half the world's schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing
Sub-Saharan Africa, East and Southeast Asia had some of the worst facilities
Scotland provides free tampons to all students in world first
Almost one in two girls has resorted to using alternatives such as toilet roll, socks or newspapers in Scotland
Not our Notting Hill, carnival goers lament UK gentrification
Some residents fear Notting Hill - and its world-famous annual parade - has lost its spirit
A brutal assault and rising fear in Malaysia's LGBT community
Gay sex in Muslim-majority Malaysia remains banned under a British colonial-era law, while dressing as the opposite sex is illegal
Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant
Rights activists say the state should address the stigma faced by pregnant girls rather than ostracise them.
UK to step in if no-deal Brexit costs charities EU aid money
"Humanitarian aid should never have become a Brexit negotiating tool" - Claire Godfrey
Fed up with costly, dirty fuels, Nigerians switch to cleaner alternatives
Nearly four million people, mostly women and girls, die every year from the effects of dirty cooking fuels, WHO says
Two films, two faces of Asia - only one is Crazy Rich
"A Land Imagined", about the disappearance of a migrant worker from a construction site, offers a rare insight into the plight of Singapore's relatively low-paid labourers