'Big Sisters' ride to rescue of Nepali child brides
Hundreds of Big Sisters - many of them former child brides themselves - have volunteered to counsel teenage girls, their families and communities, on the impact of marrying young
INTERVIEW-U.N. head demands bolder climate action or 'we are doomed'
Scientists say current climate pledges are nowhere near enough to stabilise the earth's climate
Hazardous Sydney smoke turns up heat in Australia's climate politics
Scores of fires raging across the east coast have led to plunging air quality and turned the daytime sky orange
Activist Greta Thunberg denounces "creative PR" in climate fight
The UN climate talks seem "to have turned into some kind of opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and to avoid raising their ambition", says teenage star activist
EXCLUSIVE-Thai electronics firm compensates exploited workers in rare award
Thousands of Burmese migrants will be compensated for excessive recruitment fees they were charged to secure jobs
Urban planning in Afghanistan: angry warlords and no census
After decades of conflict and no up-to-date census, the Afghan capital is grappling with urban planning and infrastructure
Climate change hitting top U.S. fishery in the Arctic -NOAA
Rising temperatures in the Arctic have led to decreases in sea ice, record warm temperatures at the bottom of the Bering Sea and the northward migration of fish
Musician Sting lauded for work to defend the Amazon as death toll rises
Sting was awarded an international prize for his work to protect the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous inhabitants where a battle over land is becoming deadly
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Thunberg a 'brat'
"Greta said the Indians died because they were defending the Amazon (forest). How can the media give space to a brat like that," Bolsonaro told reporters, using
Leaders 'criminally negligent' if they ignore climate science, says Al Gore
But greater evidence of climate-driven disasters is leading to wider demand for action in the United States, the former vice president says