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Environment Mar 25, 2024

Brazil's Indigenous people turn to EU to save their savanna

An EU law banning deforestation-derived products comes into effect at the end of 2024, but for Brazilian Indigenous people it contains an unbearable loophole: the Cerrado, Brazil's vast wooded savanna, is excluded from its ...

Environment Nov 28, 2023

A Peruvian farmer is trying to hold energy giant RWE responsible for climate change—the inside story

On a crisp, sunny day high in the Peruvian Andes, two German judges gaze across a mountain lake to the towering white glaciers in the distance. Dark spots are visible on the pristine ice and, in quiet moments, the cold wind ...

Social Sciences Oct 6, 2023

New UN report reveals the extent of systemic racism faced by people of African descent in Australia

A special UN working group this week tabled its first-ever report on the experiences of people of African descent in Australia to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Social Sciences Apr 3, 2023

Rates of illegally employed children rose in the past five years: Experts call for stricter measures

The federal government reported a 69% increase in illegally employed children since 2018.

Social Sciences Nov 7, 2022

US sexually 'teased' its troops in the First World War to make them fight harder, historian claims

The United States Government sought to sexually stimulate then frustrate its soldiers to prepare them for an unpopular conflict in Europe, a Cambridge historian argues.

Social Sciences Jul 20, 2020

Facebook diversity report: Efforts still failing Black and Hispanic employees, especially women

After years of pledges to close the racial gap, Facebook is still struggling to hire, promote and retain Black employees at a critical moment in corporate America's reckoning with systemic inequities.

Social Sciences Aug 22, 2019

How to become a great impostor

Unlike other icons who have appeared on the front of Life magazine, Ferdinand Waldo Demara was not famed as an astronaut, actor, hero or politician. In fact, his 23-year career was rather varied. He was, among other things, ...

Internet May 22, 2019

One year on, EU has 145,000 data law complaints

One year after the entry into force of landmark EU rules to better protect personal data, nearly 145,000 complaints have been registered, an initial assessment revealed on Wednesday.

Consumer & Gadgets May 13, 2019

Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple's woes

Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple's woes that already include falling iPhone sales and a European investigation.

Consumer & Gadgets May 9, 2019

These robocalls don't want to talk to you, they just want you to call back, FCC says

That late-night telephone call you just got that amounted to one ring—don't call back.

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