China's Xi offers another $60 bln to Africa, but says no to "vanity" projects
China defends continued lending to Africa on the grounds that the continent still needs debt-funded infrastructure development
India's Bihar state takes over children's shelters after finding abuse
Victims also included women rescued from bonded labour or sexual slavery, and toddlers awaiting adoption
Seoul to check public loos daily as anger boils over 'spycam porn'
Authorities have in recent years struggled to stop perpetrators from using tiny, hidden cameras to film women in public places, or under their clothing
Long reach of U.S. sanctions hits Syria reconstruction
U.S. and E.U. sanctions include exceptions for humanitarian supplies, and for items needed by United Nations missions in Syria
As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale
India's $7.5 bln plan to turn 100 urban centres into Smart Cities by 2020 does not address structural issues and ignores the needs of low-income and marginalised groups
Myanmar-Thailand highway branded 'ecological and social disaster'
Critics say it would uproot indigenous people from their homes and farms
Panama's first indigenous beauty queen opens doors, breaks social barriers
Rosa Montezuma hopes to show other indigenous women that they can overcome prejudice and stereotypes
Syrian director seeks to show 'human' face of war in Venice film
The director drew on her own experience as a young women at the outbreak of the war
Bridging a river - without pushing out D.C.'s poor
On one side of the river lie the booming neighbourhoods leading to Capitol Hill; on the other: the historically black community of Anacostia, still one of the poorest in the region
Film puts spotlight on landless estate workers in southern India
The film is the latest regional-language flick to focus on social issues that India's big-budget Bollywood movies generally shy away from