Tradition or trafficking? Guinea-Bissau children suffer in Senegal's Islamic schools
Human rights groups say many Koranic schools in Senegal are money-making schemes which exploit children from other West African nations
Former NY Mayor Bloomberg to forgo 2020 White House bid, will focus on climate change
Bloomberg says he will use his massive personal fortune to launch a new climate change push, Beyond Carbon, with the goal of moving the U.S. away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy sources
Airlines lack clear flight path to lower carbon emissions: researchers
Airlines are making progress toward more efficiency and are offsetting emissions - but the big emissions cuts needed from aviation are not yet in the plans, researchers say
'Dire' conditions at Syria camp as thousands flee ISIS
About 90 percent of the nearly 57,000 people now living there are women and children
Trump climate deregulation could boost CO2 emissions by 200 mln tonnes a year -study
Report from researchers at New York University's law school analyses impact of rolling back six major regulations related to climate change
INTERVIEW - Women can defeat 'angry white men' in right-wing politics, UK feminist leader says
A global group of women's leaders released a letter this week that said rising right-wing populism was eroding hard-won women's rights around the world, with abortion rights as a primary target
Malaysia in last ditch effort to avert EU palm oil curbs
The European Commission last month said the use of palm oil in motor fuel should be phased out because oil palm cultivation led to deforestation
U.S. Senate to vote on Green New Deal -Republican leader
The document introduced last month marked the first formal attempt by lawmakers to define legislation to create big government-led investments in clean energy, infrastructure and social programs
M&S reveals tea suppliers to address worker abuse concerns
Much of Britain's tea comes from Assam in northeast India, where research has showed many plantation workers are paid below minimum wage and live in poverty
British female Olympians argue against 'unfair' trans women athletes
Athletes argued trans women retain unfair advantages even after lowering their testosterone levels