A dengue-fighting strategy that involves releasing bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be rolled out to six Brazilian cities in the coming months as the country battles a…
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Growing gulf between rich and poor countries ‘recipe for much darker future’, says UN
The gulf between rich and poor countries continues to grow, according to the UN, furthering the reversal of a 20-year trend where the gap steadily…
View More Growing gulf between rich and poor countries ‘recipe for much darker future’, says UNFunding cuts to UN aid agency threaten new crisis in Lebanon
Dr Qassem Salah’s 6,500 patients include many with life-threatening conditions. His small clinic in Beirut’s Mar Elias refugee camp treats cancer patients, those in need…
View More Funding cuts to UN aid agency threaten new crisis in LebanonSomalia has 99% of $2bn debt cancelled in major boost to fragile recovery
The Paris Club, a collection of some of the world’s wealthiest creditor nations, has announced the cancellation of 99% of Somalia’s debt, in a major…
View More Somalia has 99% of $2bn debt cancelled in major boost to fragile recoveryRape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK
A foreign care worker says she was repeatedly raped by her manager but felt unable to report him to the police for fear of losing…
View More Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UKEnvironmentally friendly heat pumps hit slump in Europe, says lobby group
Europe’s heat pump market has hit a slump, industry data shows, holding up the continent’s efforts to heat its homes without polluting the planet. …
View More Environmentally friendly heat pumps hit slump in Europe, says lobby groupGaza diary part 48: ‘Oh my God, you are alive!’
I cannot take her words out of my head: the way she sounded well throughout the first part of our conversation and then how her…
View More Gaza diary part 48: ‘Oh my God, you are alive!’Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
The number of girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) has increased by 15% in the past eight years, according to new…
View More Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data revealsWomen behind the lens: ‘The jamu ladies are passionate and proud. They remind us of collective care’
It was still dark as I made my way to the house of Mulatsih, 40, and her mother, Giyem, 66, in Sukoharjo, Central Java, to…
View More Women behind the lens: ‘The jamu ladies are passionate and proud. They remind us of collective care’US denies visa to Ugandan MP who called for homosexual castration
The Ugandan MP Sarah Achieng Opendi, who called for homosexuals to be castrated during a parliamentary debate on the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws has been…
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