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From the battlefield in Ukraine, to the streets of Peru, to backstage at a Bollywood audition, every day women find ways to rise up against a world of challenges and fight back in a bid to improve people’s lives. This International Women’s Day seems the perfect opportunity to showcase Al Jazeera’s digital documentaries about some … Read moreOn Women’s Day, watch these five unsung heroes changing the world

One year ago, hopes were high for what was considered to be the most important environmental legislation in Europe. The European Union’s taxonomy regulation was meant to become the global “gold standard” for science-based policy that directs investment towards climate-friendly goals. But a long-delayed decision was made by the European Commission (EC) that ultimately included … Read moreHow the nuclear lobby scuttled the EU’s anti-greenwashing tool

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Washington, DC to meet with US President Joe Biden, where an announcement on Australia’s plans to build nuclear-powered submarines is expected. Albanese, who was scheduled to arrive in India on Wednesday, gave few details of his forthcoming trip to the United States, saying there would be announcements … Read moreSubmarine deal expected as Australian PM to meet with Biden in US

Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has denied that Moscow’s forces committed atrocities in Ukraine, blaming instead the West for the destruction of the country and, in particular, the UK for promising to provide Kyiv with long-range weapons. Russian ambassador Andrey Kelin also said long-range weapons were a threat to Russians and people in the … Read moreRussia envoy denies atrocities, blames West for Ukraine’s misery

President Emmanuel Macron has said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment has run high in some former African colonies as the continent has become a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the … Read moreMacron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. US officials said Blinken and Lavrov spoke on Thursday for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of … Read moreBlinken, Lavrov talk at G20 meeting as US-Russia tensions soar

Dozens of people were killed when two trains collided head-on in central Greece, in the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. Here is what we know so far. What happened and when? A passenger train travelling from the capital, Athens, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train carrying shipping containers coming … Read moreWhat went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and has said it would pave the way for a new chapter in London’s relationship with the bloc. Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a news conference in Windsor on … Read moreWhat’s in the post-Brexit deal agreed by the UK and EU?

Russia faced strong criticism over its invasion of Ukraine on Monday as the top United Nations rights body and a global disarmament forum met, amid warnings that human rights worldwide were backsliding. Days after the United Nations General Assembly in New York voted overwhelmingly to demand that Russia withdraw from Ukraine immediately, Moscow’s war also … Read more‘Massive’ violations in Ukraine a focus as UN rights body meets

The United Kingdom and the European Union have struck a new post-Brexit deal aimed at resolving their long-running trade dispute over Northern Ireland. The agreement, which amends the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, came after high-level talks on Monday in Windsor, just west of London, between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, … Read moreUK, EU strike new Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade deal