Healthcare organisations have called on the BBC to reverse its “stigmatising” decision to not provide information about abortion. After an episode of Call the Midwife, in which a character died as a result of complications from an illegal abortion,...
During Amsterdam’s chaotic rush hour, nine-year-old Lotta Crok cycles to a very busy junction. “Look,” she says. “There’s traffic coming from everywhere. Four trams from four different directions. For a child on a bike that’s really confusing!” Lott...
People who move to Uganda from the west say it’s like enjoying an endless summer. The east African country, one of the biggest beer consumers in the world, always has an excuse to party and bars are open 24/7. In fact, there is a four-day dance fest...
Main image: Rightwing populist parties are now attracting women. Composite: The Guardian Design Team It was a chastening lesson for any woman tempted to join the cut and thrust of rightwing populism. After Corinna Miazga was elected to the German pa...
Only half of the 100 ‘mushers’ who braved one of Europe’s toughest sled dog races, the Czech long trail, finished the competition, which was hit by severe weather Main image: A competitor rides his dog sled during the Šediváčkuv long race. Photogr...
Trump encouraged Chris Christie to wear a long tie to appear thinner, the former governor wrote in his book, and it appears the president has been taking his own advice since the 1980s Compiled by Ashley Chervinski Main image: Donald Trump’s lon...
If 2016 was the year of the celebrity death, and 2017 the year of the celebrity sex scandal, then 2018 has been the year celebrities have been held to account for things they said in the past that no longer wash in these suddenly, if somewhat belate...
It’s Halloween, and a group of young Parisians, in various forms of fancy dress, are sitting around drinking beer. Nothing unusual about that, you might think – and you’d be right. Except for the fact that they’re 20 metres underground, in a candeli...
How many women die in childbirth? According to the latest UN global estimates, 303,000 women a year die in childbirth, or as a result of complications arising from pregnancy. This equates to about 830 women dying each day – roughly one every two min...