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Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia

IVF gets drawn into U.S. debate about abortion and reproductive rights

First presidential debate between Trump and Harris since the landmark overturning of Roe v. Wade underscores the deep US schism over abortion

As the U.S. presidential candidates face off in Philadelphia, contrasting views on energy will shape future climate change policy

Deaths of Indian farm workers Dalvir Singh and Satnam Singh in Italy reignite debate over "slave-like" conditions in EU agriculture

Hackers are honing a new tool - prompt injection - to enable them to hack AI. Can anything be done to stop them?

Telegram, whose boss Durov was arrested in France, has few moderators and refuses to hand over data but how exactly does it work?

LGBTQ+ activists in Germany fear populist parties could do well in votes in three eastern states, threatening progress on rights

The 2024 Paralympics began in Paris on Aug. 28 with renewed focus on the participation of trans athletes

The Taliban's closure of girls' high schools has deprived nearly 1.4 million children of education with grave implications for Afghanistan's future, says UNESCO