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Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threatsWho is responsible for the United States’ opioid epidemic? According to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, the culprits are “transnational criminal enterprises…
Poor oversight, lack of understanding and weak collaboration between allies contributed to ease of Taliban takeover, conclude US and UK aid bodies at London conferenceAmerica’s huge, badly-coordinated and politically-driven aid programme in Afghanistan…
The queen who dressed as a man and the eunuch who built a mosque are just two highlights of a journey through 800 years of India’s rich LGBTQ+ heritageOn a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in Delhi, Iqbal Ali stops outside the Sultan Razia mosque and exp…
In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create an ‘ethos of equality’It’s a cliche that food cooked with love is the best, but in Kerala thousands of women have proved that cooking with a se…
The move is a major policy shift in country’s male-dominated parliament and brings Japan into line with more than 90 other countriesJapan is to permit the sale of emergency contraceptives without prescription on a trial basis, weeks after it approved t…
Laheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suitability for cultivation in challenging climate conditionsCollecting seeds in her mud-walled farmhouse home in central India has pushed Laheri B…
Number of couples tying knot fell 800,000 in 2022 amid birthrate ‘crisis’The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986.Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of coup…
Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to goThousands of Afghan refugees in the UK face homelessness this summer, the government was warned last week at a s…
After a decade of delays and threats, Amena was the last of seven rape survivors resolved to fight. The verdict has been welcomed by Muslims facing increasing discrimination in IndiaOn a hot and quiet afternoon, a woman lies on a wooden charpoy under a…
A scheme training visually impaired women to use their heightened tactile abilities benefits patients and examinersThe most satisfying part of Ritika Maurya’s work is reassuring the anxious. “Women fear coming for breast examinations,” says Maurya. “Wh…
With youth unemployment at a record high, the problem of overeducated young people is acuteWith a master’s degree in applied linguistics from one of Australia’s top universities, Ingrid Xie did not expect to end up working in a grocery store. But that …
Body of teenager lay untouched until police informant passed by, raising fresh concerns about women’s safety The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley as pedestrians walked on has sparked outrage ove…
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children workSome of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining working conditions on the planta…
The ranks of hikikomori, people who shun social life and stay at home, have swollen to almost 1.5 million of working ageVosot Ikeida traces the start of his life of isolation to a time when most people are beginning to spread their wings.Ikeida (not hi…