Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case
Green groups are taking the oil giant to court in a bid to force it to cut emissions, with locals in Nigeria seeking an end to gas flaring
OPINION: UK crackdown on homelessness fuels modern slavery fears
Foreign rough sleepers in Britain face detention and deportation under new policy
Rising flood risk seen threatening scant supply of low-cost U.S. homes
About 25,000 homes located in coastal communities could flood at least once a year by 2050, according to researchers
Left vacant by COVID-19, can offices become homes to fix housing shortages?
Converting empty offices into much-needed housing seems a good idea, but may not always be feasible
OPINION: On World AIDS Day, the story of AIDS offers us an incredible legacy
As the world marks World AIDS Day on December 1, it is important to remember that everyone's has their own experience of the virus
COVID-19 worsens Europe's inequalities in yet another way - the fertility gap
Evidence suggests that pregnancies are declining during the pandemic, with the sharpest drop in southern countries where safety nets are weakest
Pandemic fills ranks of extreme poverty worldwide
The U.N. projected that 235 million people worldwide - 1 in 33 people globally - will need humanitarian assistance in 2021
Nepal's female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis
Female soldiers are helping to move bodies of coronavirus victims, a task normally forbidden to women
Families sue California, say state fails to educate poor, minority students amid pandemic
Families say the state has failed to provide equal education access to poor and minority students
U.S. lands lost in severe wildfires rising over decades
A new study found that some 210,000 acres burned in 2017, up from 26,000 acres in 1985