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Different for girls

Judy Blume‘s chronicles of female adolescence in the 1970s still resonate today – and her best-loved character, Margaret, is about to hit cinemas

A 'cathartic' vision of a school shooting

Sung in nine languages, with music by one of the world’s best composers, Innocence is already being hailed as a defining work of our time

Sun king? DeSantis's plan to turn all the states into Florida

The title of Governor Ron DeSantis’s book, which he is zealously promoting across the nation, is less important than the subtitle

I'm home' Biden delivers an Irish ode to the American dream

John F Kennedy set the template for US presidential forays to Ireland with a rapturous visit in 1963 that he called the best four days of his life

Nubians fight to save an ancient language and identity

Jehad Ashraf is the first member of her family to grow up not understanding her mother tongue

In Santiago's backstreets, an outdated cafe culture clings to life

At kerbside tables, down shadowy alleys and in underground arcades, coffee in Chile’s capital is still served con piernas – with legs

Chez Serge The method and mess of Maison Gainsbourg

Since his death in 1991, fans of the singer-songwriter and French cultural icon Serge Gainsbourg have turned his home in a quiet street in the chic 7th arrondissement of Paris into a shrine

Have voters finally tired of Erdoğan's personality and politics?

On the outskirts of the Turkish capital in a contested electoral district, two young voters tussled over the approaching election in a dessert shop

Free spirits An Easter with candles, incense-and no Moscow

Dawn did not break over wartime Kyiv on Orthodox Easter Day

Khartoum power struggle as rivals battle for control

Fighting between rival government factions intensified across much of Sudan early this week as diplomatic efforts to end a conflict gathered momentum

The leak that was waiting to happen

How did a low-level air guardsman apparently have access to such sensitive material? A post-9/11 switch from ‘need-to-know’ to ‘need-to-share’ might provide the answer

Energy Industry Is 'Key To Climate Action'

Head of UN's Cop28 aims to use talks to set out how a business mindset can limit greenhouse gas emissions

Hezbollah's long war comes out of the shadows

The rocket attack that followed Israeli airstrikes and mosque raids failed to provoke all-out war - but it must surely be inevitable

Why are so many women leaving the world stage?

On a recent speaking tour in Australia, Barack Obama offered up his idea on how to turn the tide on more than a decade of democratic erosion, to steer the world on to a path of sustainability and peace: \"I am actually convinced that if we could try an experiment in which every country on Earth was run by women for just two years... I am confident the world would tilt in a better direction.\"

Closing in The former president 'knows he's in trouble'

It was the day that Donald Trump got mugged by reality. After years of dodging legal account-ability, the former US president found himself being driven towards a New York court where he would be charged with a crime

All hands on deck

A 'shockingly large number of whales die after collisions with ships, even in protected areas. But can solutions be found to protect this vulnerable species?

Fading glory The fight to save neon from the scrapheap

The signs that once jostled for space and attention along the city's crowded commercial streets are disappearing as safety regulations get stricter

Drawn-out process The slow decline of Belfast's peace walls

Progress has been made since the Good Friday agreement 25 years ago, but Northern Ireland is still deeply divided

The race for tech supremacy in skies above battle zones

Frontline drone operators say that Russia is close to hobbling their most popular models -setting off a race to find replacements

BJP 'rewriting history' by editing schoolbooks

The Indian government has been accused of rewriting history to fit its Hindu nationalist agenda after school textbooks were edited to remove references to Mahatma Gandhi's opposition to Hindu nationalism, as well as mention of a controversial religious riot in which the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was implicated

Gandhi's 'bullet train' conviction draws focus on judiciary

For a court system with a backlog of 40m cases, there was one lawsuit that appeared to move through India’s court rooms unusually fast

Brexit Tale Warms The Cockles In Germany

Jens Meurer's quirky portrayal of a Norfolk seaside town is a surprise hit with viewers struggling to understand Britain's departure from the EU

Drugs in space

The absence of gravity makes it easier to cultivate the proteins needed to study diseases. And although the associated costs are high, big pharma is stepping in

On the evening tide: A town that wants its tourists back

A ferry wreck scuppered efforts to bring holidaymakers to Tarfaya's beaches - but not the enterprising vision

Last orders: Trappist beers at risk as vocations drop away

For nearly 190 years the monks of Westmalle in northern Belgium have been involved in making beer.

Grief drives minister's quest for justice

At her inauguration as Brazil's new minister of racial equality, Anielle Franco described the country she wanted to work for.

Bolsonaro ends his exile: Far-right radical plots comeback

Three months after he left Brazil to avoid passing the presidential sash to his leftist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president Jair Bolsonaro has flown home hoping to prove his political career is far from over.

Marin loses as far right square up in coalition showdown

Finland's probable new conservative prime minister, Petteri Orpo, was exploring coalition options this week after a narrow election win that shifted the Nordic country's politics to the right and pushed the party of his predecessor Sanna Marin, a star of Europe's left, into third place.

Australia helps keep schooling on course

Remote learning isn't new for Sofiia Yakymenko. During the Covid pandemic, shut downs, computer screens and distance learning became normal. But the Ukrainian student wasn't used to evenings on Zoom with teachers in the far-flung country of Australia, while rockets flew by her window

'Rebuilding is resistance': How Bucha is springing back to life

Standing on the crumbling roof of a house, dozens of workers hammer in unison. Around them, cranes, bulldozers and trucks work frantically to repair roads and buildings destroyed by Russian artillery.