El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage
Activists say case offers a stark warning to women in the US, where the supreme court is considering overturning Roe v Wade A court in...
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Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era
A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still...
Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are...
‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics
The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerous The past five...
Millions of children to be vaccinated for polio in Africa after Malawi detects case
First case of wild polio detected in Malawi for 30 years prompts emergency rollout of vaccinations in five African countries More than 23 million young...
‘Nowhere on earth are people more at risk than Tigray,’ says WHO chief
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says even with war in Ukraine, the world must not forget the crisis unfolding ‘out of sight’ in Ethiopia’s northern region...
China shuts down city of 17.5m people in bid to halt Covid outbreak
Authorities adopt a zero tolerance policy in Shenzhen, imposing a lockdown and testing every resident three times China’s government has responded to a sharp rise...
Harry and Meghan add voices to fierce critique of west’s Covid vaccine policies
Pair join Gordon Brown and 126 others in attack on ‘self-defeating nationalism, pharmaceutical monopolies and inequality’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the actor Charlize Theron and...
Germany hopes protein-based Covid vaccine will sway sceptics
About 1.4m doses of Nuvaxovid to arrive in country this week, after EU approval in December Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage...
Covid news live: Omicron carries lower hospitalisation risk, studies suggest; China locks down city of 13 million
Data from the UK and South Africa suggest Omicron carries a reduced risk of hospitalisation and severe disease; Xi’an, China, is under strict lockdown following...
