With fees and laws, India rushes to save vanishing groundwater
About 600 million people - nearly half India's population - face acute water shortage, with close to 200,000 dying each year from polluted water
Focus on Thai fishing distracts from worker abuse in other sectors - researchers
While Thailand has taken steps to clean up its multibillion-dollar seafood industry after it came under international scrutiny, it has done little to regulate conditions in other sectors
Is there a 'circular' solution to the world's food problems?
Redesigning the food industry into a so-called "circular economy" model would reduce health costs, save land and water and create new business opportunities
U.S. missionary exposed tribe in Brazil to risk of death, gov't says
The Hi-Merima tribe are one of the few dozen tribes in Brazil that has had no contact with the outside world
Gay Indiana mayor joins field of Democratic presidential hopefuls
The relatively unknown Rust Belt mayor says he represents a new generation of Americans
Digital IDs said to boost economies, but privacy is at risk
Digital identification systems can be misused to track and profile people
Climate stress drove wave of Arab Spring refugees - researchers
Severe droughts helped fuel migration and asylum requests from the Middle East and North Africa, new evidence shows
Root and branch reform: Swedish scientist makes fuel from tree waste
"We're actually using the stuff of the wood that they don't use when they make paper and pulp"
Japan's curb on porn magazines helps fight 'degrading' sex work
The popularity of pornographic magazines in Japan has been blamed by activists for contributing towards sexual violence against women
Boost in women at top of U.S. politics could fight abortion gag rule
The global gag rule blocks charities funded by U.S. aid and working abroad from providing legal abortions or advocating for abortion law reform