Watch your language: tasty words 'luring' people to healthier foods
Language such as 'low fat', 'reduced-sodium' or 'lighter choice' tends to lessen enjoyment of food because people believe healthy food is not tasty, researchers said
Eight enterprises trying to tamp down the trash
Smaller enterprises have found ways to reuse materials to cut down on waste
Indian police rescue 180 Nepalis in major anti-trafficking operation
Traffickers are using the road between India and Myanmar to transport workers illegally to other Southeast Asian countries or the Middle East without going through Indian airports
Land Banks in India: who benefits?
Across India, land banks raise questions of ownership, rights and land use
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia's rivers, crops - study
The report, by 210 authors, said that more than a third of the ice in the region will melt by 2100 even if governments take tough action to limit global warming under the 2015 Paris climate agreement
Public use and private profit: U.S. landowners question forced purchases
The use of eminent domain for private projects that are said to fulfill some public good remains relatively new, but legal experts say it has resulted in a spate of legal battles
'Space to coexist': Inside South Africa's LGBT-friendly mosque
LGBT+ Muslims from across Africa are welcomed at the Masjid Ul-Umam mosque in Cape Town
Acid attack survivors say Cambodia illegally denying them care
Survivors of acid attacks in Cambodia describe feeling helpless and alone in their fight for justice and health care - and not just because of official inaction
Trafficking in Rohingya camps feared rising as crisis rolls on
Anti-trafficking groups fear human trafficking routes to southeast Asia through Bay of Bengal are being used to smuggle increasingly desperate Rohingya refugees out of Bangladesh
'Boy Erased' erased from Brazilian cinemas
The announcement that the film would no longer be released in Brazil provoked fierce debate about whether the decision was politically motivated