Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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09/07/2023
Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country
Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure
09/04/2023
‘It is for us, who will give birth here’: the women breaking barriers to build Sierra Leone’s new maternity unit
The state-of-the-art facility will bring huge improvements to care in the country but it is also challenging gender roles in the construction industry
09/07/2023
Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups
06/25/2023
Australian earless dragon last seen in 1969 rediscovered in secret location
Victorian grassland earless dragon was once common west of Melbourne but numbers declined due to habitat loss and predators such as feral cats
06/27/2023
Sharing deepfake intimate images to be criminalized in England and Wales
Under online safety bill, maximum sentence where intent to cause distress is proved will be two years.
07/06/2023
Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?
Pierre Thiam and Garrett Oliver are on a mission to introduce brewmasters to fonio, a small and mighty west African grain.
05/29/2023
Mars bar wrappers changed to paper from plastic in UK trial
Confectionary with environmentally friendlier packaging will be available at 500 Tesco stores.
04/30/2023
Field of fresh cow pats welcomes first dung beetles to be rewilded in France
Sixty of the keystone species released near Bordeaux to feast on waste from wild cattle and help restore a vital habitat on the Atlantic coast.
02/09/2023
Mobilising Assam’s ‘hargila army’: how 10,000 women saved India’s rarest stork
Greater adjutants, reviled as bad omens, were endangered until Indian conservationist Purnima Devi Barman transformed attitudes to the bird – and gave thousands of women a new identity.
02/09/2023
Church of England votes in favor of blessings for same-sex unions
Passing of motion at General Synod represents profound shift in church’s stance on homosexuality.
01/04/2023
US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees
Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination.
01/02/2023