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These are the ways in which we can fight for our right to choose

Reproductive rights have been under attack for more than 30 years – by rightwing terrorism against abortion providers

The disunited states

A leaked supreme court draft that could signal the overturning of the Roe v Wade ruling on abortion rights has shaken America to its core. Can it survive the fallout?

Lives at risk Women who battled for right to abortion in 70s prepare to fight again

Veteran activists say the drive to overthrow landmark ruling should send warning signals around the world

How Putin fashioned Victory Day to serve his own ends

In cities across Russia on Monday, tanks and missile trucks growled their way along the main streets. Soldiers marched across central squares. Fighter jets roared overhead.

A frontline tussle over interests of climate and commerce

As Greenland eyes tourism and mining to secure its economic future, it is also mindful of controlling costs

“The battle is Partygate versus low council tax'

PM's lockdown breaches and cost of living crisis leave Wandsworth on aknife edge after decades in Tory hands

‘Prices change daily and we are all scared'

Erdoğan's unrealistic policies are behind spiralling inflation, but fallout from Ukraine is pushing Turkey towards a cost-of-living crisis

Re-loaded for television

Video game adaptations are taking over our screens, but what separates a quality TV production from a cynical cash-grab?

Off the scale

Antony Gormley's towering, weather-worn sculptures made him world-famous. Now, with two new works he contemplates the very essence of space and time

Motivated but outgunned Ukrainian soldiers talk of life on the southern front

A group of Ukrainian infantry soldiers stood in a warehouse in southern Ukraine when they were shelled by Russian artillery. Serhiy was hit in the face with shrapnel. He and his recent best friend Hennadiy took a selfie clutching part of the shell which did not hit them.

The trash that can take out a satellite

Millions of pieces of space debris pose a danger to hardware and astronauts. What can be done about all the rubbish left out there?

Globalisation teaches the value of local fixes and self-sufficiency

Rishi Sunak, Britain's chancellor, was in Washington DC last week to discuss the state of the global economy with his fellow finance ministers.

A new anti-colonial struggle has started. Will it reach Putin?

History is teetering on an edge. No one knows which way it will go. Maybe the Russian empire, the last and most terrible of the European empires, will fall. Or maybe it will absorb the hit and survive as it has survived and expanded since the 17th century. You'd be a fool to bet against it. The graveyards of Eurasia are full of those who did.

Beyond kelp Is seaweed our next great hope?

From food to plastics, o ocean vegetation could solve many looming production problems, say researchers

A hard centre

In the end, France opted for laissez-faire over the radical unknown of the far right. In his second term as president, can Emmanuel Macron find a way to connect with an angry and fractured nation?

Vending machines

Almost invisible by virtue of their ubiquity, automated snack dispensers work around the clock to those in need of a little pick-me-up. But who keeps hold of the levers?

Great and small

From a teacup piglet to a hoary pig, from a menacing owlet to a magnificent hunter-Gerrard Gethings' animal portraits show there's grace at every age

“They said the crew was evacuated. It's a cruel, cynical lie!' Relatives despair for the Moskva's missing

For days after the Moskva cruiser sank in the Black Sea, Yulia Tsyvova had been desperately searching for information about her son Andrei.

Round two Macron and Le Pen battle to win over left's voters

Emmanuel Macron is engaged in the battle of his career to persuade leftwing voters many of whom have taken to the streets to oppose his government over the past five years - to turn out this Sunday and give him a second term in office.

Meta pays for cables to reach new users

When government officials in the Nigerian state of Edo set about radically improving poor internet access for its population of 4 million, they didn't have to look far for help.

If Netflix is stumbling, will Wall Street renew or cancel?

Hit after hit - from Stranger Things to Bridgerton cemented Netflix's position as the leading streaming service.

True stripes

It's 20 years since the White Stripes frontman was anointed as rock royalty. Out of lockdown, he has two new albums and is on the road again

Protests in Shanghai reveal public mistrust of 'zero Covid'

At about noon last Tuesday, Yu Wenming, an 82-year-old man in Shanghai, A called his local residential committee for help.

Facebook in Africa Network struggles to curb west African disinformation tide

Social media campaigns pushing an anti-western, pro-Russian agenda seem to have laid the ground for a series of coups in the Sahel

FROM RUSSIA WITH NO LOVE

The war has prompted an exodus from the west of Russians accused of espionage, which some feel is long overdue. Why were the clandestine activities of so many diplomats' indulged for so long?

Cleaning up the chaos Charred houses, ruined lawns, broken bridges and unexploded bombs

Galina Muzyra moved around her front garden as she cleaned up the mess left by occupying Russian soldiers.

Balancing act Could rising prices sink the Democrats' midterm hopes?

The latest inflation report from the US labor department, released last week, showed US prices increased by 8.5% between March 2021 and March 2022 - the highest level since 1981.

'I AM CRYING EVERY DAY' IN THE STANDS WITH UKRAINIANS AS DYNAMO KYIV PLAY ONCE MORE

Football club kicks off its ‘match for peace' series in Warsaw, watched by thousands of refugees and fans seeking national solidarity

War games in the Baltics

Nato's 'achilles heel' faces uncertain time

The battle for Kyiv is over-but the Donbas will be a different story

The tragedy discovered amid the rubble of Bucha and Borodianka overshadowed any jubilation that Kyiv had defeated Russian forces that had spent a month trying to envelop the capital and snuff out the Ukrainian nation.