Next U.N. food chief must tackle hunger 'emergency'
Levels of hunger have grown for the past three years, with one in nine people - or 821 million - worldwide without enough to eat
Britain's charity commission investigates WWF UK abuse claims
'The way in which a charity carries out its work is as important as what it does,' Britain's charity watchdog said
U.N. urged to scale up aid as Venezuela crisis deepens
According to an internal U.N. report seen by Reuters last week, about 2.8 million Venezuelans are in need of healthcare
Arab states face water emergency, urgent action needed - UN
The Middle East and North Africa has suffered more than any other region from water scarcity and desertification, problems being complicated by climate change
UK companies urged to boost efforts to close gender pay gap
This is the second year that all companies and charities in Britain with more than 250 employees have had to report their gender pay gap
New Zealand native know-how lauded for big business
Instead of a wasteful 'take, make and throw' approach, companies should copy indigenous principles and aim for a 'circular' way of work that recycles and re-uses
As sea levels rise, U.N. climbs aboard floating-cities push
Some have also warned the cities may end up being only for the ultra-rich
UK royals to attend premiere of Netflix "Our Planet" TV series
Prince Charles made his first speech on the environment in 1968 and has long warned of the dangers of climate change
Scottish 'Holocaust heroine' who saved Jewish girls lauded in book
Jane Haining, who cared for hundreds of Jewish girls at the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, died at Auschwitz camp after the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944
Top Democrat calls transgender limits in U.S. military an 'act of cruelty'
Nancy Pelosi criticised a ban on new transgender troops from serving openly in the United States armed force which is due to come into force this month