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The shock of the chaos in Kabul has Afghans in New York mobilizing to help their families back home and any compatriots who may soon find themselves in the city. A 24-year-old volunteer has been busy furiously fielding messages asking: “How can we help?”

An early entrant in the petrol-to-electric race, Nepal has tens of thousands of electrified cars, buses, and rickshaws on its roads but few motorcycles — the most popular form of transport in the Himalayan nation.

Buses are the most common mode of public transport in Sri Lanka. But after thousands of trips, the buses are decommissioned and sent to junkyards, where they decay and corrode under the elements. Now, however, they're being given a second lease on life.

How have women's lives in Afghanistan improved since 2001, from education and clothing to reproductive rights and political power? Here are six ways life has got better for women since the last Taliban government fell - gains now feared at risk.

Scientists have discovered that a byproduct of the oyster growth process is that harmful pollutants such as phosphorus, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and nitrogen from fertilizers, which are difficult to remove from water...

Over the past two weeks, more than 180 openly LGBTQ+ athletes have taken to the tracks, pools and fields in Japan's capital, triple that of Rio in 2016, illustrating a surge in confidence among LGBTQ+ sportspeople.

"Things that work in New York or New Delhi do not work in the mountains. We have to find our own solutions for our problems.”

For decades, mining has eaten into the forests of mineral-rich Chhattisgarh. But as the state moves away from opening coal mines, authorities have introduced measures to boost output of forest goods - from tamarind to cashew nuts and medicinal seeds.

In Tucson Arizona, a group of constables went rogue and stopped enforcing evictions at the beginning of the year.

Certain communities are seeing veteran homelessness become a thing of the past entirely. The entire states of Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, and Virginia have effectively ended homelessness among veterans.

Abebech Gobena led an incredible life: after escaping from a forced marriage as a child bride, Gobena went on to become a huge icon in Africa. In Ethiopia, she took her experiences and built an orphanage, schools, a hospital for women and children, and more...

More restrictions are being placed on transgender girls and women from playing on high school and college levels, which professional trans athletes are calling an infringement on trans rights.