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Ninety five percent of urban Tanzanians use charcoal for cooking fuel, and the trade supports more than a million jobs. But charcoal production is taking a massive toll on the country's forests. After a failed attempt to ban the trade the country is now t
Environment
Tanzania is trying to turn the charcoal trade from an enemy to a friend of the forest
A staff member plays a shot towards a putting green on a lake from a tee ground on top of a hill, at Zhangjiajie, Hunan province September 23, 2014.
Sports
China has seen the enemy, and it is golf
A view of the permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. The tunnel preserves an environment more than 40,000 years old for scientists and engineers to study.
Environment
An Alaskan tunnel yields clues to Earth’s fragile permafrost
A beachgoer dives into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Benghazi, Libya
Conflict
In Libya’s second city, fleeting glimpses of normality
Difret
Justice
The story of one girl who fought abduction, and the lawyers who saved her life
Robert Mugabe
Global Politics
Longtime Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe wins Chinese Peace Prize
Pope Francis arrives to lead a special audience to mark 50th anniversary of Synod of Bishops in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on October 17, 2015.
Belief
When the Vatican speaks on matters of doctrine, it will be in Italian
Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail, visiting then-candidate Ahmed Hussen in his Toronto district. Ahmed Hussen won the race, becoming Canada's first member of parliament of Somali descent.
Global Politics
A Canadian first: A Somali immigrant wins a seat in Parliament