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ECB urges cricket’s leaders to take action over ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan
The England and Wales Cricket Board has called on cricket’s governing body to show leadership by taking coordinated action to stop “the gender apartheid facing the 14 million women in Afghanistan”.
In a letter to the International Cricket Council on Friday, the ECB’s chief executive, Richard Gould, also urged it …
The Britons killed fighting for Ukraine against Russia
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, 15 Britons are known to have died in the conflict. The Guardian looks at those who have lost their lives on the frontline.
Scott Sibley, 36
The first British national killed fighting in the conflict was working as an HGV driver when Russia invaded Ukraine in …
New vision for Melbourne Park as Australian Open pushes precinct to its limits
More than a million fans are set to attend the Australian Open over the next two weeks to experience the sights, sounds and flavours of Melbourne Park. But they soon might not recognise the precinct as work starts on a new vision that will transform Victoria’s historic sporting hub.
Melbourne …
‘It was extraordinary’: Spanish captain recalls rescue of woman who gave birth in dinghy
one of the most poignant images of the humanitarian emergency
in the deadly waters off the Canary Islands came at 4am Monday morning.The command centre of Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo (Maritime Safety and Rescue Society) in Las Palmas told Domingo Trujillo, …
From oatzempic to mouth taping: does science back up TikTok health tips?
The deluge of improbable health hacks on TikTok can only mean it’s the start of a new year. Here we look at some of the more curious tips and the evidence, where there is any, behind them.
Putting rubber bands around your ears to reduce facial puffiness
The South Korean …
South Africa police find 26 naked Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers
South African police have rescued 26 Ethiopians from a suspected human trafficking ring in Johannesburg after the group broke a window and burglar bar to escape from a house where they were being held naked.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of people trafficking and possessing an illegal firearm on …
‘A risk to life and limb’: residents of Germany and Netherlands rue dangers of fireworks
Seven-year-old Necati Karki had gathered with his family as part of a crowd in their neighbourhood in northern Berlin when a treacherous new addition to the New Year’s Eve festivities went off: a “firework bomb”.
Fired out of a pipe by unknown assailants and possibly deliberately aimed at the targets, …
‘We took too long’: Jeremy Hunt offers apology to families of Letby’s victims
Stuart Hogg was a world class Scottish rugby player who now has to relocate his moral compass | Robert Kitson
Scotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a …
White powder sent to Belgian PM’s office identified as poison strychnine
A white powder in a letter that hospitalised an aide to Belgium’s prime minister, Alexander De Croo, has been identified as strychnine, a poison that can be fatal.
The Brussels prosecutor’s office revealed on Wednesday the nature of the substance that was sent last November to government buildings, including the …