From coffee to funerals, ethical firms in UK lauded for diversity at annual awards
The number of social enterprises in Britain has jumped to 100,000 from 70,000 last year
Brazil's Bolsonaro nixes plans to host U.N. climate talks
Far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro says Brazil's sovereignty over the Amazon is at stake in Paris Agreement on climate change
Climate change 'biggest global health threat' of century, doctors warn
Climate impacts - from heatwaves to worsening storms, floods and fires - are surging and threatened to overwhelm health systems, doctors say
Russia risks HIV epidemic as cases rise - experts
Data shows a record number of new cases last year
Kenyan MPs block drive for more women in politics
The bill would have reserved one in three seats for women but not enough politicians showed up to vote on the controversial issue
Croatia faces pressure to include LGBT+ couples as boosts foster homes
Croatia's law on fostering says single people, married couples and unmarried couples are all allowed to foster, but it does not make any specific mention of 'life partnerships'
To stop Ebola, Congo targets malaria in outbreak zone
The town of Beni in North Kivu province, currently battling the worst Ebola outbreak in Congo's history, has also seen an eight-fold increase in malaria cases since last year
UK urged to protect post-Brexit seasonal farm workers from slavery
Critics say pilot scheme to allow 2,500 migrants from non-European Union nations to work on farms for up to six months is "fundamentally flawed"
Desperate Venezuelan migrants fall prey to sex slavery in Colombia
In the past four months, Colombian authorities have rescued at least 80 Venezuelan women and teenage girls trafficked into forced prostitution
Kidnap fear in India as only transgender political candidate goes missing
Chandramukhi Muvvala is an activist who campaigns against transphobic violence