One year after actor Colin Firth launched a campaign to save the Awá, " Earth’s most threatened tribe", other celebrities have joined him in backing the cause.

European leaders' decisions today to crack down on tax dodging "will do little to help poor countries", says an international development charity.

The certification system run by the Responsible Jewellery Council - which meets in Milan on 23 May - is misleading consumers, say labour and environmental groups.

At least $18.5 trillion is hidden by wealthy individuals in tax havens worldwide, representing a loss of more than $156 billion in tax revenue, according to new figures.

People in Sri Lanka's Northern Province have been protesting a government move to forcibly acquire land in the Jaffna peninsula which they claim is a ploy to bring in [...]

Ask someone to describe Google and they’ll probably talk about a search engine that saved the web. Few would describe it as a highly-efficient, profit-driven business machine.

On Thursday the world will celebrate ten years of fighting fistula, a foul condition that affects up to 3 million women and girls in the Global South. But there are questions [...]

A new report reveals the US spent millions spying on Occupiers and other anti-corporate activists.