Brands invested in controversial carbon offsets earn climate label

Washington targets Cuba’s military-run business empire

Turkey has become a growing hub for Iranian businesses and cultural spaces

How Shenzhen, China, became the electric car capital of the world

In South Korea, it’s getting harder to push for human rights in North Korea

The favela couriers who put their community on the map in Brazil

An AI that speaks the languages of Latin America

Uber partners with Chinese firm to launch robotaxis in Middle East

President Trump hints at compromise ahead of US-China trade talks

Tijuana’s factories are caught between uncertainty and opportunity amid Trump tariffs

Global maritime shipping is aiming to reach zero emissions by 2050

In Japan, an automotive light bulb manufacturer pivots to growing mushrooms 

Bougainville: The world’s next new country?

Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples

Whaling continues in Japan despite worldwide protests 

Rice shortage shines spotlight on Japan’s agricultural policy

Germany’s culture war over animal welfare 

Paraguay’s soy bonanza leaves small farmers in the cold

The rocky road to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Small businesses already feeling the pain after Instagram block in Turkey 

The enduring harvest of the ‘Tears of Chios’

Capitalists Anonymous: Weary French seek help in buying and polluting less

Brazil’s innovative Pix banking system is replacing cash and credit cards

‘I have to work to help my family’: Child laborers in Raqqa face dangerous conditions

Oil refineries in northeastern Syria are sickening people and polluting the environment

The shadow of the United Fruit Company still reaches across the globe today

10 years ago, the Sunflower Movement pushed Taiwan away from China

‘It’s a lose-lose situation’: Carbon ‘offset’ project in Cambodia accused of human rights violations

Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by

Hazy skies over Accra: Harsh harmattan season in Ghana leads to health hazards, poor air quality

3 coup-hit West African nations exit ECOWAS citing sanctions, no support against terrorism 

Cubans worry about inflation explosion after government austerity measures

In Istanbul, the classic ‘Turkish breakfast’ comes under fire for food waste

‘Birds are everywhere!’ Women bird guides in Uganda set a global example

‘Justice doesn’t exist here’: Uzbek farmers and cotton workers say abuse, exploitation continues despite reforms

‘We saw an immediate drop’: Jordan’s tourism industry is suffering amid the Israel-Hamas war

Jordanians boycott American companies seen as pro-Israeli

Zimbabwe’s stone sculptors struggle to keep carving

Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt

What is behind the seizure of Venezuela’s most-notorious prison?

Rural communities in the Amazon face a complex world of carbon credits

Barcelona gets bombarded by selfie-taking tourists

Salmon are returning to Europe’s Rhine River, but a key barrier remains

Demise of ‘Crooked House’ pub is cautionary tale about loss of British heritage

Indian women do less paid work. It’s bad news for the economy.

The Liberian women who took on their traffickers and won

Europe looks to Senegal for new energy supply. But what’s in it for the Senegalese?

New banking services tackle barriers faced by migrants

Pokémon fever once again grips fans around the world

More Armenians in California are moving back to their parents’ native land

Women in Afghanistan are devastated by the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons

‘Open lines of communication’ are crucial to improving relations with Beijing, Amb Nicholas Burns says

Georgia’s famous Borjomi water company takes a hit during Russia-Ukraine war

Caribbean summer forecast: high chance of sargassum

In Mumbai, waste pickers do the heavy lifting of recycling  

Migration across Darién Gap changes Colombian village’s economy

‘Trade is trade and war is war’: Romanian farmers say helping Ukraine is hurting their bottom line

El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment rides on choppy seas as currency fluctuates

Indian billionaire businessman Gautam Adani faces scrutiny

This greenhouse innovation helps farmers in India cope with climate change