Malaria, spread when female mosquitoes bite humans, kills nearly 600,000 people each year, with 95% of deaths in Africa, and most of those children aged under five.
The United States condemned internet shutdowns in Pakistan following parliamentary elections in February in which Khan's party won the most seats despite a crackdown on its activities.
With a population of 1.4 billion powering the world's fifth-biggest economy, India is undergoing breakneck technological change, rolling out AI-based systems - but with scant debate on their ethical implications.
Climate change-induced droughts cause strife nationwide; humanitarian crisis worsening since Taliban takeover; water shortage could force people to migrate to survive.
A separate annual assessment by Climate Policy Initiative showed global climate finance averaged $632 billion in 2019 and 2020, a 10% rise from 2017-2018, but the rate of increase slowed from earlier years.
From apps that temporarily lock people out of their devices to luxury retreats limiting guest Wi-Fi access and restaurants that ban phones at the table, such solutions promise to help boost well-being by letting people reconnect with real life.
Home to about 60% of the world's population, the Asia-Pacific region has borne the brunt of climate disasters, with many people living in vulnerable conditions due to poverty and poor urban planning.
The sponges are more resilient to a shifting climate than seaweed, need less maintenance and sell at higher prices to hotels and tourists, offering an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic sponges.
The farmer said his seed variety can produce up to 1,680 kg of rice per quarter hectare, more than double what he was getting from conventional varieties
The surge in alien plants in Chitwan park is now crowding out grasslands and wetlands that provide food and shelter for the park's iconic wildlife, say park authorities.
Haneen Hossam, who has about 900,000 followers on TikTok, was among five Egyptian social media influencers who were sentenced to two years in jail in July 2020 for promoting immorality by encouraging women to make money through social media followings.
Born in the eastern state of Odisha - which sends droves of migrant workers to brick kilns and construction sites across the country, Das said he was "deeply disturbed" by television images showing jobless migrants walking home to distant villages
The row over the book's accuracy has reignited questions over the historic treatment of gay men as Britain marks LGBT+ History Month and popular TV programmes such as It's A Sin shine a light on past homophobia.
Some 51,000 premature deaths from fine particulate matter and 900 from nitrogen dioxide could be prevented each year if cities reduced the pollutants to levels recommended by the World Health Organization, researchers calculated.
Nepal ranks among fewer than a dozen countries in the world that accept trans contestants in their national pageants and only the third in Asia after Myanmar and Mongolia, according to LGBT+ activists.
The report called for public money committed for fossil fuels to help economies recover from the COVID-19 crisis to have green conditions attached. It urged governments to support more sustainable areas like health, social support and clean energy.
The South American nation of 50 million people has been under lockdown since Tuesday to stem the spread of the
coronavirus, which has infected at least 539 people and killed eight in Colombia so far.
From homelessness to climate change and indigenous rights, celebrities across the world were out in force in 2019 to lend their names and star spotlights to various causes.
Like many other former British colonies, Singapore has retained an old law that criminalizes gay sex, which was scrapped by India in a landmark court ruling last year to give a boost to LGBT+ rights.
Under a 2016 law, it is illegal to import goods into the United States that are made entirely or in part by forced labor - which includes prison work, bonded labor and child labor.
The protests were not in vain. Sudan's constitutional declaration - a key document which paves the way for civilian rulers to replace the military in three years' time - promises to guarantee and promote women's rights during the transition.
