India deploys coastal tube defense against tidal surges
Project aims to help protect coastal communities from erosion caused by worsening storm surges
ON THE MONEY TRAIL: Corruption in the news - Dec. 11
A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes
Clean energy offers quickest path to lower emissions - official
As negotiations to reduce global climate-changing emissions remain mired, focusing on building renewable energy capacity could be a way forward
ICRC to resume Myanmar prison visits, hopes to visit conflict areas
The ICRC confirms it will soon make its first visit to a Myanmar prison in seven years, and says it may do more to help displaced people in Rakhine state
Climate pressures eroding basic rights in Bangladesh - study
Recovery from disasters is "alarmingly slow", with hunger and unemployment persisting 18 months afterwards
Haiti quake survivors face eviction from camps - Oxfam
Some 78,000 people are at risk amid rising threats from landowners eager to get their property back
Doha delivers little for poor, climate-hit states
Progress on loss and damage seen as a bright spot in UN climate talks that disappointed on emissions reductions and finance
ON THE MONEY TRAIL: Corruption in the news - Dec. 10
A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes
Climate talks adopt gender balance goal
Decision aims to boost the number of female negotiators and make climate change policy more responsive to women's needs
Africa to the West: Hold big banks to account for corruption - Githongo
Developing countries today are less willing to accept lectures from the West when they see bankers in industrialised nations go unpunished for grand corruption, Kenyan anti-graft fighter John Githongo says