From paying ransoms to helping victims who have jumped out of buildings; what it's like to rescue #cyber-scam victims. Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/digital-divi...

Labour rights group calls for compensation scheme after overseas care workers in Britain left in debt and homeless. Emma Batha reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

As the U.S. halts #student visa interviews, applicants are censoring their #online presence for fear of being denied entry. Bukola Adebayo reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

In #Mozambique, millions of children go hungry as #aid cuts, conflict exacerbate drought-fuelled hunger crisis. Samuel Come reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

More than 7.5 million Syrian children need aid with many chronically malnourished. But as needs soar, funding is drying up. Read this piece by Bujar Hoxha, country director for Save The Children #Syria on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling. But what exactly is that? Beatrice Tridimas has the answers on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/nature/what-...

Indian #students are plunged into uncertainty after the US pauses #visa interviews. Kunal Purohit reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to #Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance. Nazih Osseiran reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

As governments deploy #AI to manage borders, citizens should be wary of this tech too, says researcher. Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/digital-righ...

Brazil's conservation mosaics seek to combine regional development with #forest conservation. Andre Cabette Fabio reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #amazon www.context.news/nature/brazi...

Girls in Kenya's #Kakuma refugee camp are particularly hard hit by U.S. aid cuts as period supplies run out, food is cut. Farai Shawn Matiashe reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

The Trump administration plans to cut vital #LGBTQ+ services, calling it 'radical gender ideology'. Lucy Middleton reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

Rescued from cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia, #trafficking survivors find themselves mired in process of getting back home. Rebecca L. Root reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/digital-divi...

As seas rise, California coastal communities damaged by #wildfires debate if they should remain on the shoreline. Rachel Parsons reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-risk...

Historic focus on #climate and inequality continuing at state, local levels despite #Trump attacks. Carey Biron has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-just...

New people-smuggling rules will worsen criminalisation of #migrants and NGOs trying to help them, rights groups warn. Beatrice Tridimas reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

After fleeing sectarian violence at home, Syrian #Alawite refugees eke out a precarious existence in north #Lebanon. Nazih Osseiran reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking #wetland in #Iran. Sanam Mahoozi reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-risk...

From Sudan to Ukraine, key services for women and girls face closure or major disruption. For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social Lin Taylor spoke to @unwomen.bsky.social's Sofia Calltorp. www.context.news/socioeconomi...

New #WHO #pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during COVID. Emma Batha reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #wha78 www.context.news/money-power-...

Global #hunger monitor FEWS NET funded by U.S. government is now operating at reduced capacity, undermining humanitarian efforts. Nelson Renteria and Nita Bhalla report for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

#Syria's small business owners stock up after Trump's #sanctions move, hoping for more customers and easier access to cash. Nazih Osseiran reports from Damascus for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Refugee advocates say it is indefensible to remove protections for #Afghans who risked their lives for the U.S. Emma Batha and Orooj Hakimi report for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

A projected 8 million #deepfakes will be shared worldwide in 2025, risking a romance scam explosion. Read one woman's story on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social Story by @kimharrisberg.bsky.social and @adamndsmith.com www.context.news/ai/deep-love...

#Britain ends recruitment of foreign care workers as sector struggles to fill vacancies amid ageing population. #migration #careworkers Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

'TB champions' are a key plank in India's programme to end #tuberculosis, but their work has stalled with the halt in #USAID funding. Swagata Yadavar reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

Although #Poland could elect a liberal president on May 18, women say a change to the #abortion law is unlikely despite years of protest. Ada Petriczko reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

#USAID cuts may push desperate #Syrian refugees into further debt, prostitution to survive, UN warns. Nazih Osseiran reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Most bills are expected to fall but advocates say their very existence unleashes new vitriol against #LGBTQ+ Americans. @enriqueanartelazo.bsky.social reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Scores of Africans were killed in an airstrike in #Yemen in April, spotlighting a dangerous, often overlooked #migration route. Nita Bhalla reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

An old tourist map from 2011, reminders of the past and images of destruction in today's #Gaza. From @reuters.com www.reuters.com/graphics/ISR...

Los Angeles #wildfire fallout prompts county to offer free blood tests over fears of #lead contamination among local residents. Rachel Parsons reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-risk...

Despite the U.S. #climate retreat and the risk of forest arson, the chief executive of #COP30 sees the transition to sustainability as inevitable. Andre Cabette Fabio sat down with Ana Toni for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/nature/q-and...

Activists have opened Poland's first abortion centre, offering support in a country where the procedure is virtually outlawed. Ada Petriczko reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Q&A: 'For the past two months, not a single pill has entered #Gaza, not a single grain of rice'- Red Crescent Read Nazih Osseiran's interview with the head of the Palestine Red Crescent Society on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Technological innovations like robots and biometric recognition are in expanding use in Trump's #deportation campaign. Aaron Mak reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/surveillance...

Thousands of volunteers are testing the UK's #waterways, providing data to drive solutions and pursue polluters. @adamndsmith.com reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

Tens of thousands of #Bangladeshi farmers are being trained to farm on soils getting saltier due to climate change. Rachel Parsons reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-risk...

Renewed violence and security measures in India's #Kashmir region are hitting tourism, a key source of income for the local economy. Mehran Firdous reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

European countries host the most child sexual abuse content online, but proposed rules to protect victims and identify perpetrators have stalled. @jogill.bsky.social has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #csam www.context.news/big-tech/in-...

#Kenya plans to turn the Dadaab and Kakuma #refugee camps into open cities. But LGBTQ+ refugees say their needs are being ignored. Jackson Okata has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

"We need innovative solutions to allow small island nations to manage debt and build climate resilience." Emily Wilkinson, director of RESI and Amb. Ali Naseer Mohamed, Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the U.N. write for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/climate-risk...

Organisations in Mexico working with migrants forced to limit operations as U.S. foreign aid cuts leave thousands stranded. Diana Baptista has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

As global demand for recycling in the fashion industry grows, #textile hub #Bangladesh is pushed to rethink how it handles waste. Md. Tahmid Zami reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...

The papal conclave is preparing to select a new #pope, but how could this affect the Church's relationship with #LGBTQ+ faithful? Lucy Middleton reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

International aid topped $212 billion in 2024, but is set to plummet as Trump takes an axe to the U.S. aid budget. Emma Batha breaks down the latest #OECD numbers for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

With aid funding falling and climate change accelerating, we must protect #nutrition programmes or risk losing long-term gains, writes Afshan Khan, Coordinator of @scalingupnutrition.org and U.N. Assistant Secretary-General on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social today. www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Historic changes under debate regarding #Medicaid threaten healthcare for tens of millions in U.S. Carey Biron reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Around one million Haitians, many of them children, have been forced to flee their homes as gang violence rages in the Caribbean nation. Joseph Guyler Delva reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #haiti www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Africa's renewable energy push has been slowed by Trump's USAID funding cuts to power projects. @kimharrisberg.bsky.social reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...