Hunting for new jobs, India's migrant workers learn new skills online
Startups, charities and social enterprises help millions of pandemic-hit workers prepare to return to the labour market
Pay cuts and forced overtime: COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Ethiopia's garment workers
Workers report further worsening of conditions as short-staffed factories try to recover orders lost early in the pandemic
In Chile's polluted 'sacrifice zones,' residents seek respite in new constitution
After decades of court battles and lobbying to curb pollution by mining and industry, campaigners see constitutional change as an opportunity to put environmental protection at the top of the national agenda
Norway supreme court verdict opens Arctic to more oil drilling
The verdict upheld rulings by two lower courts, rejecting arguments by Greenpeace and Nature and Youth group that a 2015-2016 oil licensing round breached the constitution
Debt to personal data: Five threats to digital rights in Africa in 2020
A year when people were forced online for school and socialising exposed Africans to increased cyber attacks and privacy issues
Cold U.S. weather crushes outdoor businesses in COVID-hit cities
With limits on indoor gathering and already thin margins, winter is pushing thousands of businesses to the brink of closure
Wuhan's vogue dancers embrace new freedom as COVID-19 anniversary nears
Young gay men are keen to live more authentic lives in the Chinese city of Wuhan after a traumatic year
'This will make us poorer': Pakistani metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents
Lahore’s new Chinese-financed metro aims to cut traffic congestion and pollution, but it has driven some residents from their homes and affected heritage sites
EXCLUSIVE-Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising
More than 522 Thai migrants have died in South Korea since 2015, according to data revealed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation
Taiwan may face fewer typhoons - but harsher drought - as planet warms
Atmospheric shifts appear to be driving typhoons north, sparing the island from storm damage, but that could leave rice farmers short of water