Now playing Next Business Series Web-driven start-ups tap Angola’s youthful energy An online ride service is helping to diversify Angola’s economy - and its workforce. 19/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Australia is on fire, literally — and so are its climate politics Australia faces bushfires and record-setting heat, a double whammy of extremes that has amplified scrutiny of Australian climate politics. 18/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Australia is on fire, literally — and so are its climate politics Australia faces bushfires and record-setting heat, a double whammy of extremes that has amplified scrutiny of Australian climate politics. 18/12/2019
Now playing Next USA More drivers sue Uber, saying they're employees, not contractors The drivers allege that under California law they should have been considered employees, not contractors, at least since a 2018 ruling from the California Supreme Court. 18/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Security engineer says Google fired her for trying to notify co-workers of right to organize "I was doing nothing more than notifying my co-workers about Google's obligations under labor law," said Kathryn Spiers, the former Google engineer. 17/12/2019
Now playing Next USA The world's oceans are acidifying — but it's happening twice as fast off California Oceans play an important role in the planet's delicate carbon cycle, acting as a crucial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere. 17/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Indigenous leader Alberto Curamil, a 'green Nobel' winner, acquitted in Chile But supporters in Chile and elsewhere worry about his safety in a region where many environmental activists have paid with their lives. 13/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Intel broke ranks in releasing pay data. Will other tech companies follow? Intel is so far the only company to release the data publicly, according to organizations that advocate for equal pay — and the numbers were not flattering. 13/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Facebook wants to integrate Instagram and Whatsapp. The U.S. government may try to stop it. Facebook has been the subject of an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, the federal government's main business regulator. 13/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Online posts tied to suspected New Jersey deli shooter pushed anti-Semitic conspiracies Multiple years of social media posts connected to one of the suspects indicated that he also advocated for violence against police officers. 11/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Why New Zealand's deadly volcano eruption took people by surprise While some warning signs were reported, scientists familiar with the area say they were not enough to halt public tours. 11/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Facebook's 'inaccurate' HIV PrEP ads an 'imminent danger,' LGBTQ groups say Dozens of LGBTQ and HIV and organizations signed an open letter claiming the ads are "causing significant harm to public health." 11/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Sinclair drops Boris Epshteyn and other political analysts Sinclair, which owns 193 stations in the U.S., said it wants to focus on local news and investigative journalism. 11/12/2019
Now playing Next USA City of LED lights: How Carmel, Indiana, and other U.S. cities are trying to live up to the Paris Agreement A new report released Monday by America's Pledge, a climate-focused research initiative, found that the actions of cities, states and businesses can add up. 11/12/2019
Now playing Next USA 'The most contentious area in the field': Scientists split on how climate change has affected hurricanes While scientists say global warming is to blame for wetter storms, no consensus exists for such a link to storm strength. 10/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Uber riders and drivers share fears about safety after company releases assault numbers Uber noted in its report that assaults happen in a small fraction of rides, but a criminologist called the data "alarming." 07/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Birds are getting smaller. Scientists see the echo of climate change. A separate study published in September in the journal Science found that human activities and ecological changes are already having a devastating impact on bird populations. 05/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Cellphone-related injuries on the rise, study says Those aged 13 to 29 make up almost 40 percent of such patients. Distraction was a major culprit. 05/12/2019
Now playing Next USA China's Huawei to sue U.S. over blacklisting The company denies it is beholden to the Chinese government and says an order from the FCC designed to hurt its U.S. sales was arbitrary. 05/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Video of spray-painted polar bear sparks concern, but experts say not to worry Experts say that whether the graffiti is the result of scientific research or a prank, there's likely no cause for concern for the individual polar bear. 04/12/2019