Top UK firms risk missing gender target unless 50% of new hires are women
Just under 29% of leadership roles in the FTSE 100 are held by women this year and only about one in three available roles go to female applicants
Uganda charges 67 after raid on gay bar
LGBT+ rights campaigners in Uganda have expressed concerns about a spate of attacks after a minister proposed introducing the death penalty for gay sex last month
African Development Bank decides not to fund Kenya coal project
Dozens of banks, insurers and finance institutions are restricting coal investments, as climate activists and investors voice growing concerns about the impact of burning fossil fuels
Venice devastated by second highest tide in history
'We ask the government to help us. The cost will be high. This is the result of climate change.'
The cost to stop women dying in childbirth by 2030? 46 military aircraft
Every day more than 800 women die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth
Australians ordered to flee flames as fires rage in east and west
The fires have sparked increasingly acrimonious debate over climate and fire-prevention policies
Ethnic Bangladeshis lose jobs as mango-mad farm owners shun thirsty rice
The landless Oraon minority of northwest Bangladesh have traditionally earned a living labouring in local paddy fields, but are struggling as that work dries up due to water shortages
Greta Thunberg says she will set sail for UN climate talks in Spain
Thunberg plans to leave the United States by boat on Wednesday, headed for the U.N. climate conference in Madrid in December
Sacked, shunned and suicidal - the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws
Cameroonian athletes are being forced off national teams if they are, or are suspected to be, gay or lesbian
Turkish judge refuses to throw out trial of student Pride marchers
After a 2016 coup attempt, Turkish local governments were given the power to ban public gatherings, which they have used to outlaw Pride marches