Their influence is evident in every corner of society, the imperial family owns some, and Tokyo even has its own ‘cat town’

Eight EU members continue to include force or violence in their definitions in national criminal codes

Appellations from the world's largest wine-growing region sell 40% of their production abroad. Thanks to strong ambassadors, wines from the area are now found in nearly half the countries on the plane...

Google, Microsoft and Amazon among companies using algorithms and AI to influence what crops are grown and how, say critics

A man was taken in for questioning on January 1 after police discovered his partner's body in their yard in Nantes. In Lille, two femicide cases cast a shadow over the year-end holidays, reflecting a ...

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedated

Study finds prosecutors targeting low-income women mainly in US south – and figure likely to be an undercount

The country’s finest male intellectuals – including some in positions of power – are weighing in on the matter

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture

LGBTQ+ people in the US contemplate heading north as they wrestle with the president’s assault on the community

The Kenyan singer, part of the wildly popular Sauti Sol, faced hatred and threats but it made him determined to push for change in a country where being gay is still illegal

Alexander Payne is at the Locarno Film Festival to receive the Pardo d’Onore, but what he really wants to do is watch old movies.

Moroccan authorities have requested the pretrial detention of the activist after she posted a photo deemed critical of Islam. For wearing a T-shirt with the words 'Allah is lesbian,' she faces up to f...

The actor explains how she is fighting back against the ‘cosmeceutical industrial complex’ and why she has finally found freedom at 66 years old

The American photographer and winner of the Women in Motion award took advantage of Tuesday's opening night, alongside writer Edouard Louis, to project images of the Palestinian territory ravaged by t...

Fish or bird ownership showed no significant link to slower cognitive decline in study with implications for ageing societies

The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.

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Nebraska senators advanced a bill to limit sports participation, along with bathrooms and locker rooms in government spaces, by a person's assigned sex at birth.

Yuval Abraham criticised the Academy’s statement defending its silence after Israeli settlers attacked his co-director Hamdan Ballal

Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ community

After the Dobbs decision, births rose in states with bans, but more for some women than others.

Exclusive: Doctor Who writer says he feels ‘a wave of anger heading towards us’ and hostility in UK as well as US

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

Desolate spectacle of executions begins again under Trump, in landscape of capital punishment as riven as US is as a whole

The investor and former Twitter board member believes rejecting DEI initiatives is simply denying US firms talent

Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’

Federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing executive order that was expected to lead to a significant curtailment of transgender service members.

In an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk seemed to be having difficulty speaking.

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Crowds filled the Nebraska Capitol Friday for a public hearing on a controversial bill that would codify a 2023 executive order from Gov. Jim Pillen to apply gender restrictions on

Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons

A fresh-voiced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.