Border police can ethnically profile people, Dutch court rules
Hague District Court says that ethnicity can be used to single out passengers for checks, but activists vow to appeal.
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WHO warns low air quality kills 7 million a year, issues new AQGs
Agency calls for urgent action to tackle one of biggest environmental threats to human health.
‘Get a grip’: British PM urges France to move on from AUKUS row
Boris Johnson tells Paris to 'give me a break' amid French fury over new security pact between UK, US and Australia.
Iran eyes normalisation as COVID vaccination drive accelerates
Coronavirus cases are declining across Iran, but the country is far from controlling the pandemic.
China’s Evergrande says will make a scheduled payment
Indebted developer, however, has not said whether it will meet two other interest payments, including one on Thursday.
Duterte chides interference in ‘drug war’, calls for UN reform
Philippine president says global body a 'product of an era long past' while appearing to brush off ICC probe.
Is it time to rethink Bali’s monkey forests?
The lives and livelihoods of people and macaques are being sorely tested by the absence of tourists.
Rare Australian earthquake triggers panic in Melbourne
The magnitude 5.9 quake struck northeast of Australia's second-biggest city, damaging buildings.
‘Game-changer’: China to stop funding overseas coal projects
Chinese president Xi Jinping tells United Nations Beijing will support green energy, not coal.
US House to approve $6.3bn for Afghan refugee resettlement
Funding will bolster US government agencies' Afghan refugee resettlement efforts after Kabul evacuation in August.
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund plans green debt issuance ‘soon’
Saudi's Public Investment Fund has been investing more in businesses that benefit from a transition from fossil fuels.
UK power firms stop taking new customers amid escalating crisis
The United Kingdom's government held an emergency meeting with small power suppliers on Tuesday.
Toxic gas fears as Canary Islands volcano lava nears sea
Meeting of the lava with a body of water could cause explosions and produce clouds of toxic gas.
Burundi probes grenade blasts, pledges to stamp out ‘terrorists’
Interior ministry says two people killed when 'still unidentified terrorists' hurled grenades in two Bujumbura sites.
Is the Evergrande meltdown China’s Lehman Brothers moment?
Investors are worried an Evergrande debt default could send shock waves through the Chinese and global economies.
Namibians protest as MPs to vote on German genocide deal
Germany in May described the killings of the Herero and Nama people more than a century ago as genocide for first time.
‘No one really wins’: Canada vote results near identical to 2019
As PM Trudeau's Liberals fall short of a majority, experts say result shows Canadians want gov't to get back to work.
US officials fear al-Qaeda threat after fall of Kabul to Taliban
In wake of chaotic US withdrawal, US intelligence agencies are watching to see if al-Qaeda and ISKP gain.
UNGA: Qatar’s emir urges world to engage with the Taliban
In speech to UN General Assembly, Sheikh Tamim addresses COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity and conflicts in the region.
At UN, Biden urges ‘global action on shared challenges’
'Bombs and bullets cannot defend against COVID-19 or its future variants,' Biden tells General Assembly.