'Green gold': Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow herbal stimulant
Struggling to get decent maize harvests as drought bites, farmers are turning to fast-growing, less-thirsty muguka to make money
Ancestors guide LGBT+ South African healers to mend mental scars
Widely respected by South Africans as spiritual guides, healers and counsellors, gay sangomas are also challenging the idea that being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT+) is unAfrican
Greta Thunberg, on German coal mine visit, questions 2038 fuel exit date
Germany plans to stop using coal by 2038, but critics say the country is not moving quickly enough to ditch fossil fuels
Alaska's hottest month portends transformation into 'unfrozen state'
Alaska, like other parts of the far north, is warming at least twice as fast as the planet as a whole
Olympics construction worker dies as Tokyo swelters, heatstroke suspected
Soaring temperatures have killed at least 57 people across Japan since late July, just a year before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Games, highlighting the possible health threat to athletes and fans
China factory put teens on night shift to make Amazon devices - activists
Workers put in well over the legal maximum of 36 hours of overtime a month, with some working an extra 140 hours at peak times
ANALYSIS - No sex and drugs: Moscow regulates graffiti, but who owns the streets?
Moscow has banned depictions of sex and drugs from its walls under new restrictions sparking a debate on who owns the streets
Britain would hold 2020 U.N. climate talks in Glasgow
Britain said in June it would bid to host the talks which will take place at the end of 2020, but a decision has yet to be made
Investors embrace ESG investing but don't target gun stocks
Flows to so-called ESG funds have spiked overall as investors focus on subjects like the impact of climate change at energy companies or gender pay disparities at technology firms
Stop burning fields to cut smog and boost profits, scientists tell Indian farmers
New seeding device could allow farmers to plant their next crop without burning off stubble from harvested rice