Laura Kyle

As Chi­na chose their new lead­ers, for the 1.2 bil­lion pop­u­la­tion it was a nor­mal day

Chi­nese cit­i­zens were glued to TV sets on Thurs­day, watch­ing Xi Jin­ping’s as­cen­sion to head of the rul­ing par­ty.

Hos­pices and care homes are a rel­a­tive­ly new con­cept, but it’s where many el­der­ly Chi­nese are spend­ing their fi­nal days.

Traders and shop­pers in the mar­kets of Burk­i­na Faso tell us how the drought in Sa­hel is af­fect­ing their lives.

The un­sung he­roes of many a work trip are the lo­cal mem­bers of the team.

It is hard to cov­er a drought when it rains. And boy did it rain in Burk­i­na Faso’s cap­i­tal Oua­gadougou the night be­fore we set out for The Sa­hel. The flash­lights of the ho­tel’s night watch­men sliced through the dark­ness as they ran about the wind-whipped trees, check­ing every­thing wa

Cli­mate change and ur­ban­i­sa­tion blamed for rise in dis­ease across SE Asia.