World needs $5 trillion in annual climate finance by 2030 for rapid action
From transport to agriculture and electricity, progress is lagging in all sectors on reducing planet-heating emissions at the pace required to limit global warming to 1.5C, the study finds
Afghan girls learn, code 'underground' to bypass Taliban curbs
Hundreds of Afghan girls and women are continuing to learn online and in hidden classrooms, despite Taliban restrictions on education
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
Afghan women who work in the legal sphere are left with no choice but to flee as Taliban go on look out for ex-government workers
Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally
Facebook's failure to hire enough workers with language skills and knowledge of local events in developing countries leave open door for abusive content online
G20 split over coal, 1.5 degree climate limit ahead of Rome summit - sources
The need to curb planet-heating emissions will be high on the agenda of the Rome G20 gathering, seen as a key stepping stone right before the COP26 climate summit
Afghanistan's economic collapse could prompt refugee crisis - IMF
Tajikistan say it cannot afford to take in large numbers of refugees without financial assistance. Other Central Asian nations have also said they have no plans to host refugees
As women flee Afghanistan, brain drain hits economy and girls' hopes
The exodus of working women from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover could set the country back decades and deprive the next generation of role models
WHO to send in experts to prevent sexual abuse after Congo scandal
Following a joint investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, an inquiry found 83 aid workers were involved in sex abuse during the Ebola epidemic
Agencies distribute food, blankets, cash as hunger and cold threaten Afghanistan
As people lined up inside the UN compound for handouts of food and basic household items, larger crowds gathered outside, many desperate for help
Winners of 2021 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism announced
Named in honour of the late American war correspondent Kurt Schork, the Awards uniquely honour the courageous work of freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers from around the world.