Britain's new net zero emissions target becomes law
Britain is the first among the major G7 countries to set such an ambitious climate goal
INTERVIEW-Social businesses led by women can fix 'any problem': Nobel winner
Social businesses are set up specifically to tackle social and environmental problems through commercial means
No room on water, no home on land for Cambodia's ethnic Vietnamese
More than 1,000 ethnic Vietnamese families who live on the water will be relocated to land in the coming months, provincial authorities have said
INTERVIEW-Myanmar must give Rohingya 'pathway to citizenship' - UN investigator
Buddhist-majority Myanmar does not recognise the Muslim Rohingya as citizens despite a long history in the country
EXCLUSIVE - Rio de Janeiro expands unpaid prison labor program
By law, inmates must be paid to work, but last year Rio's government created a new category of "volunteer labor" whereby inmates receive only reduced sentences
Cocoa-growing Ivory Coast draws up new plan to stop child labour
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, launched its first national action plan against child labour in 2012, but the problem remains widespread in poor farming communities
Protesters gather at Britain's parliament to urge climate action
The protest, the largest environmental lobby held at the British parliament, was the latest sign of an upsurge in public concern over the climate crisis
INTERVIEW-As climate protests mount, governments urged to respect civil rights
Alston warned in a report that even in the 'best-case scenario', hundreds of millions would face food insecurity, forced migration, disease and death, as the planet heats up
Record number of women candidates is changing dynamics of 2020 U.S. presidential race
When all six women candidates take the stage for the first official Democratic primary debate, they will outnumber the total number of women who have ever participated in a presidential primary debate
'Revenge porn' victims could win anonymity in UK courts
There were 464 prosecutions for revenge porn in 2017/18, according to Britain's Crown Prosecution Service