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Ghana parties stoke anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment ahead of election

New president will weigh signing anti-gay bill into law

Ice baths and ventilators: India's hospitals adapt to killer heat

40,000 heatstroke cases in latest heat wave

Girls Avoid Internet Due to Abuse and Bias, Report Warns

Mosquito-Borne Dengue Grows Deadlier in South Asia as Planet Warms

Experts say rising temperatures, longer monsoon seasons provide ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes

Explainer: Will COP28 Deliver a New Fund for Climate Loss and Damage?

The topic was for years controversial at U.N. climate talks

As Children in US Study Online, Apps Watch Their Every Move 

California's Minimum Wage Projected to Rise to $15.50 Under Inflation Trigger

Finance Department estimates that some 3 million workers stand to benefit

Rights Groups Urge Crack Down on US Prison Surveillance Technology

Privacy, discrimination risks among critics' top concerns

Indian Muslim Women 'Auction' App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse

Technologies such as deepfake, tracking used to harass women as victims struggle to be taken seriously, get justice

Costs, Literacy and Design: The Invisible Barriers to Tackling the Digital Divide

Nearly half the world’s population have no way to get online

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain's Streets

Protesters blocked the square in front of the parliament building and called for legislators to take up a proposed climate and ecological emergency bill 

Nigeria's Slave Descendants Hope Race Protests Help End Discrimination

It is estimated that between 10 and 20% of Igbos - amounting to many millions of people - are descendants of slaves and still face significant discrimination, which has sparked unrest and violence in recent years in some areas

LGBT+ Marches From London to New York Call for End to Racism

A 2018 Stonewall/YouGov survey found more than half of Black, Asian and other minority LGBT+ Britons experienced discrimination from members of their own community

As US Lockdowns Lift, Evictions Loom for Poorest City Dwellers

Many states have halted evictions since mid-March, as the novel coronavirus spread rapidly, but such provisions are scheduled to end in the coming months

US Group: Holding Trafficking Victims to Testify Makes Lives Worse

Detaining people as witnesses can cost them their jobs and custody of their children

Doctor Honored for Helping Yazidis Calls for Justice

Mirza Dinnayi, a Yazidi activist, was awarded the Aurora humanitarian prize Saturday in Armenia

In Costa Rica, Indigenous Farmers Change Along With the Climate

Like millions of indigenous farmers around the world, she always relied on her traditional knowledge. But increasingly unpredictable weather, linked to climate change, has upended her usual sowing and harvesting times, leading to lower yields

World Leaders to Take Stock of 'Faltering' Global Goals

A high-level summit in New York next week will be the first to focus on the sustainable development goals since they were adopted by the United Nations four years ago