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Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas

The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2025

Antarctica: how geopolitics plays out at the end of the Earth

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

Radio France Internationale · Mar 22, 2025

A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies

Last week, anti-choice campaigners emboldened by current US politics met in New York at the same time as UN delegates gathered to address the widespread inequalities women face. The battle to protect rights has never felt more urgent

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025

Could another European country develop its own nuclear weapons?

Building up a nuclear deterrent from scratch is no easy feat, but with the US distancing itself from Europe, the idea has started to resurface.

Euronews · Mar 21, 2025

Preserving the planet's glaciers is a 'matter of survival' says UN

All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024, for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said on Friday. It has declared 21 March World Day for Glaciers, warning that at current rates of melting, many glaciers "will not survive the 21st century".

Radio France Internationale · Mar 21, 2025

Almost every European country experienced a hotter winter than usual, study finds

Around 20 per cent of the world’s population experienced days with unusual heat made twice as likely by climate change this winter.

Euronews · Mar 21, 2025

UN Warns Of 'Massive Trauma' For Gaza's Children Amid Renewed Fighting

The UN warned Friday that all of Gaza's approximately one million children were facing "massive trauma" as fighting in the war-ravaged territory resumed, and amid dire aid shortages.

International Business Times · Mar 21, 2025

Nearly 9,000 migrants died last year in record death toll, UN agency says

The agency recently announced it was suspending many programmes around the world and firing hundreds of employees due to US-led aid cuts.

Euronews · Mar 21, 2025

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose

More than 305 million people require lifesaving humanitarian aid today. Most of them live in areas wracked by conflict, such as Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2025

Migrant deaths hit new record in 2024 with at least 8,938 lives lost

At least 8,938 people died while attempting to migrate to another country in 2024 – marking the deadliest year on record for migrants worldwide, the UN said on Friday.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 21, 2025