Aids: are we a step closer to the cure?
After years of disappointments and failures, scientists are again talking not just about vaccines but even a cure.
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Gay and lesbian asylum seekers in Britain can face intimate sexual questions to “prove” their sexuality – and even then many are not allowed to stay in the country.
As England and Wales prepare to celebrate same-sex marriage, Uganda passes a law that stops short of including the death penalty for homosexual acts. Advances in gay rights continue to be hard won.
“LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhoea, bacteria and tuberculosis”: Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh says the government will fight gay people in the same way it tackles mosquitoes.
South Sudan’s government says its military have recaptured the key town of Bor, days after it was seized by rebels.
With 41 of the Commonwealth’s 53 member states criminalising homosexuality, will David Cameron speak out for the LGBT community at the Sri Lanka summit?
Environment minister Owen Paterson says genetically modified crops will “improve human health and the environment.” GM science may be in danger of lagging behind in the UK, but is the public bothered?
After years of disappointments and failures, scientists are again talking not just about vaccines but even a cure.
The warnings over immigration shares many of the themes previously aired in the 1970s. Channel 4 News’s Darshna Soni describes one city’s experience of a previous wave of immigrants.
Security concerns are inevitable after the bombings in Boston – but gritty amateurs and elite athletes alike aren’t letting it put them off ahead of Sunday’s event in London.
A year ago a film about a Ugandan warlord, Kony 2012, went viral. Its director Jason Russell succeeded in making Joseph Kony famous, but subsequently struggled with his own new-found fame.
More than three-quarters of countries assessed in a major survey fail to meet basic standards of government budget transparency, it is revealed today.
Somali militants linked to al-Qaeda say they have executed French agent, Denis Allex, days after a botched rescue attempt which resulted in the deaths of two French commandos.
What news has defined 2012? Is it the violence of Syria or the jubilation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games? Channel 4 News counts down the top most viewed stories on our website this year.
A paper in a basket, our intriguing nuclear legacy and talking to one’s neighbour: A handful of life-affirming stories from outside the newsroom.
As new figures show a 66 per cent increase in rough sleeping in London, 100 young homeless people head to the House of Commons to debate with MPs – and break down stereotypes along the way.