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France enshrines abortion as world marks International Women’s Day

France became first country to explicitly guarantee abortion rights in its national charter.

Mar 8, 2024 6:00 AM Read more >

Widespread Meta outage raises the uneasy spectre of losing our stories

Social media spaces have filled in important space where humans are humans

Mar 7, 2024 1:30 PM Read more >

Iconic Times Square war kiss photo to remain on display after consent debate

U.S. Veterans Affairs memo saying photo ‘depicts a non-consensual act’ sparks political firestorm

Mar 6, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

Haley suspends campaign leaving Trump a clear path to Republican nomination

Departure clears Trump to focus solely on his likely rematch in November with Biden

Mar 6, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

A record 8,565 migrants died last year attempting to flee their homelands: UN

Biggest increase was on the treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing, to 3,129 from 2,411

Mar 6, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

EU slaps Apple with nearly $2B fine for music streaming violation

Antitrust ruling says firm unfairly favoured its own music streaming service over others

Mar 4, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

Sinead O’Connor’s estate wants Trump to stop playing her music

Late singer considered the former president a ‘biblical devil’

Mar 4, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both

Rania Abu Anza’s babies were just five months old when they were killed Saturday

Mar 3, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >

Malaysia may renew hunt for missing flight MH370, decade after disappearance

U.S. tech firm proposing fresh search to scour seabeds for evidence of missing plane

Mar 3, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >

In Hawaii, coral is the foundation of life. What happened to it after the Lahaina wildfire?

Scientists studying how chemical runoff from wildfire fallout is impacting marine ecosystem

Mar 3, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >