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August 28, 20254 min readA Controversial Fishing Method May Dredge Up a Climate Time BombBottom trawling is a fishing practice that is notoriously destructive to seafloor…

The UN chief says he values China’s support, where he is attending the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025Chinese President Xi…

Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.It comes just months…

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of…

Lots of people told me to not study languages – including my own (monolingual) dad. “You’re never going to be as fluent as a native speaker,”…

The World Health Organization has declared corporal punishment a global public health concern that causes serious harm to children’s physical and mental wellbeing, and can lead…

It was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen…

Pressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government to release a woman with severe intellectual disabilities who has been in prison awaiting execution for 13 years.Lemi Limbu,…

The residents of Tecolutilla, Mexico, knew the heatwave was bad when they heard the thuds. One by one, the town’s howler monkeys, overcome with dehydration and…

By ensuring the collapse of UN talks seeking the first legally binding agreement on tackling plastic pollution, blockers in Geneva have failed the next generation. Most…