投稿者: Guardian Staff
Women from all over West Bengal and beyond travel to Vrindavan for a life of prayer, many having suffered abuse, stigma and abandonment by families who see them as cursed. Up to 20,000 widows – nearly 20% of the city’s population – have found refuge in…
The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced that he had requested arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials for the repression of women. He accused the group’s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and the country’s s…
Thailand has become the first country in south-east Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBTQ+ groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can …
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested on charges of insurrection stemming from his 3 December declaration of martial law. In a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency, Yoo…
South Korean authorities investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to enter his residence before dawn in a new bid to arrest him over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December martial law declaration. At least one police vehicl…
Readers Aaron Tovish, Diana Francis and Caroline Westgate respond to our editorial about arms control to prevent nuclear warThank you for addressing this existential threat to our world (The Guardian view on arms control: essential to prevent the total…
A state funeral was held for India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of the country’s economic transformation, with a state funeral in New Delhi, complete with full honours and a 21-gun saluteIndia mourns former PM Manmohan Singh wi…
Dictators in Russia and China should be denied further control of raw materials used in electronics, writes John E Havard. Plus a letter from Fawzi IbrahimA footnote to the excellent article by Timothy Garton Ash (What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can…
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane carrying 62 passengers and five crew members crashed during an emergency landing on Christmas day in Kazakhstan. Video shows people being pulled from the wreck. Officials say the survivors, believed to include two children,…
Hugo Wong says the question today should be how much value the free movement of products and people has brought to our nationsReading “made in China” on his toys for the first time, my young Chinese nephew asked me innocently whether Santa was Chinese….
Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to ‘step aside’ after the national assembly voted to remove him from office. The vote came two weeks after his short-lived declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into political crisis. Thousands celebrated outside the…
In today’s newsletter: With protesters taking to the streets and parliament set to vote on ending his presidency, what does Yoon’s failed declaration of martial law mean for his future – and that of the nation?Good morning. Is South Korea’s president, …
South Korea’s president has defended his martial law decree and denied rebellion charges: ‘How can the constitutional decision and act of governance by a president, who saw it as the only option, be an act of rebellion?’South Korea president defends ma…
In today’s newsletter: Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration – and subsequent reversal – has sent South Korea into political chaos, and left their president facing impeachmentGood morning. South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing impeachment after…
South Korean police blocked protesters as they attempted to march to the presidential palace in Seoul demanding the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol. There are calls for Yoon to quit immediately or face impeachment after an attempt to bring in ma…