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Women’s rights activist Tarisai Mchuchu-MacMillan says gender-based violence is a crisis that affects South Africans from all backgrounds. This violence is not new, but has been shaped by colonization and apartheid.

Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, were at Everton's football ground in Liverpool to launch a project encouraging people to remove the stigma around mental health challenges and to encourage people to seek help.

Rep. Sarah McBride told The Independent that she has a message for transgender youth not to give up hope as Republicans go all in on ads attacking transgender athletes in women’s sports.

Meta’s new teen-safety rules depend on knowing who’s under 18. That could mean ID checks, AI facial scans, and less online anonymity for everyone. WIRED senior writer Paresh Dave explains why protecting teenagers could also create new privacy and free-expression risks.

Explore how tariffs work and dig into how their enactment can set off an economic chain reaction that impacts global trade.

Is conversation a lost art, or is it just evolving? Journalist Joshua Johnson and social entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie answer questions on everything from the male loneliness crisis to what it actually takes to connect with others — and reveal two deceptively simple tips for going deeper with the people around you. (This conversation is part of “TED Intersections,” a series featuring thought-provoking conversations between experts navigating the ideas shaping our world.)

North Korea dominates women's youth football. Its under 20s are defending world champions and its under 17s have won back-to-back titles. What's behind their success?

Hundreds of protesters, some wearing masks, blocked roads and clashed with police in Portsmouth this weekend, after a boat carrying 140 migrants landed on the coast.

Jamaica is petitioning the British king to refer three questions about the Transatlantic slave trade to a London court. Was the enslavement of Africans unlawful under English law at the time? Does it constitute crimes against humanity under international law? Does Britain therefore have a legal obligation to provide redress? Jamaica hopes the answers could establish a legal basis for reparations. This campaign is part of a broader push for countries to pay for their roles in the Transatlantic slave trade. A UN committee said last month that governments are obliged by law to consider paying damages.

The death toll from the flash flood along the Nepal-China border, has risen to 1,400.
Thousands of displaced people are sheltering in aid centres, with little hope of returning home soon.
The UN and its partners are appealing for nearly 50 million dollars to help survivors.

A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river. Despite ridicule, health risks and limited resources, his efforts have transformed the waterway and prompted government action.

Sportswear giant Adidas is facing criticism after a former Israeli soldier appeared in a local campaign promoting its single-shoe service for amputees. Shalev Biton lost his leg after being wounded during the 2021 Israel-Gaza conflict. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5,000 traumatic limb amputations have taken place in Gaza since October 2023. Stephanie Westbrook, a sports boycotts campaigns coordinator for PACBI and a founding member of the BDS movement, told Al Jazeera the campaign is "an absolute affront to the Palestinians." She said: "Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world," and accused Israel of imposing a "medieval siege" that is preventing prosthetics from entering Gaza. Westbrook said the controversy is "dangerous" because, in her view, it normalises Israel's actions against Palestinians and allows what she describes as crimes to continue "with impunity."

Reading, maths and science scores in PISA, the world’s biggest international test of 15-year-olds, are falling. The downward trend started around 2012 and seems to be accelerating, particularly in reading. Here we explore some of the theories about what’s causing the decline.

Anti-immigration protesters in Durban, South Africa, have marched to the Home Affairs office, demanding that undocumented migrants leave the country by September 30.

The protest comes as refugees have been living on the streets outside the Home Affairs office since May. The government says it plans to relocate them to Gauteng province, but the move has been delayed.

The EU on Wednesday said it was granting Spain 115 million euros ($130 million) in emergency aid to help bolster border security and assist returns after the massive migrant rush into the north African exclave. More than 70,000 migrants crossed into Spanish territory from Morocco on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented rush that left scores dead, most by drowning as they tried to swim around a breakwater. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.

Severe flooding in Nepal has left communities without homes, food and other basic necessities, as volunteers work to provide emergency relief.

Madan Nath Yogi, a volunteer with the National Volunteer Force, describes efforts to deliver food and medical assistance while helping residents clear mud and debris from damaged homes.

The Chinese government wants to end AI romances. In order to comply with new government rules, Chinese tech firms are stripping human-like personas from their chatbots. Josh Spencer, The Economist’s Asia news editor, explains why that may break millions of hearts in the process.

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The Guardian has found 10 separate cases since Donald Trump returned to office where ICE has attempted to subject detained hunger strikers to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding.

Moldova is closing its state-run children's homes by 2027. Hundreds of young people are preparing for an uncertain future. Will there be foster families and support services to help them build new lives?

India’s “godi media” crisis goes far beyond loud anchors and partisan coverage. Concentrated corporate ownership, government advertising, political pressure and prime-time spectacle have reshaped the incentives of legacy journalism, while Islamophobic narratives repeatedly turn Muslims into convenient objects of fear. When citizens begin seeing the camera itself as an extension of power, the question is who the news ultimately serves.

‘5,000 naira used to make a pot of soup, now 10,000 naira isn't enough.’
What happens when a family staple becomes harder to afford? At a Lagos cooking festival, chefs and attendees reveal how rising food prices are changing the cost and composition of traditional Nigerian soups.

Israel has announced that it’s shutting down the UK Consulate in occupied East Jerusalem after the UK, France, and Canada announced a ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew Tate on suspicion of trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan on suspicion of complicity.

ICE agents arrested an average of one person every 54 seconds in July.