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Polish activists launch "AbortOmat", an abortion pill locker in Warsaw, to give swift anonymous access despite the near-total ban.
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Polish activists launch "AbortOmat", an abortion pill locker in Warsaw, to give swift anonymous access despite the near-total ban.
OpenAI safety leader David Robinson quits, warning the company's culture is broken and joining other insiders urging more care.
Australian security agencies investigate the flydubai co-pilot's time in Australia before the alleged attempted terrorist attack.
The UAE says the flydubai co-pilot used a crash axe to attack the captain; Oman had reportedly barred him from flying over extremist views.
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv plans more refinery attacks and is working on drone jamming, interceptors and Moscow-range ballistic missiles.
Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde, who urged Trump to have mercy, will resign her Washington post.
Tens of thousands protest in Madrid and other Spanish cities over the housing crisis after new legislation fails.
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Mexico debuts its tiniest national guard recruit: Chihuahua Comando, being trained for search and rescue.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard's former husband says he was shocked by the apparent overdose death of Ken Urker.
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A daughter claims her father threatened to kill her if she did not follow family rules; she obtained protection orders against her parents.
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The Taoiseach signals a halt to home heating oil carbon tax increases and confirms a Christmas bonus for welfare recipients and pensioners.
Caretakers Conor Jones and Aisling Costello describe a transformative stint living and working on the Great Blasket Island.
Latvia's PM is on track to lead a pro-Ukraine coalition after an election win.
Christopher Eccleston's new film Chasing Millions is set after the 2004 Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, when £26m was stolen.
Analysis: the Cornell revelations bring an early bleakness to upstate New York and show how troubling college years can be.
Thousands attend rallies as the Drumcree stand-off enters its seventh day; Mary Lou McDonald tells Garvaghy Road there will be no Orange march.
Jazz pianist Jason Moran returns to Cork Jazz Festival, which gave him its rising star award in 2002.
Two US Air Force F-15E fighter jets land at Shannon after an issue over the Atlantic.
Singer Camille O'Sullivan talks about cancer, menopause, stage fright and the need to go further than a smear test.
Audio: Louise O'Neill talks about questioning everything when life falls apart, on The Women's Podcast.
Galway volunteers defending seagrass meadows describe the work as magical and a deeper connection to Connemara.
Opinion: oil companies profiting from a sick planet is obscene.
Opinion: a former religious teen argues there is a middle ground between effective altruism and a niche fixation on embryo welfare.
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A Co Down family reflects on the most unimaginable thing after Marcus Fusco suffered a brain bleed when struck by a van, months after a fire at their business.
Sky News' David Blevins says he feels the word Drumcree, having covered it from shootings to gunfire aimed at Trump.
Opinion: Pat McArt says Drumcree is about a caste system and the days of nationalists having their rights ignored are over.
TUV deputy leader admits damage to the cause after sharing a fake AI Drumcree rally image.
Portadown Orangemen change legal firms, with the Garvaghy Road High Court challenge due back on Monday.
A man is charged over a bottle thrown at a PSNI Land Rover; another is charged with breach of the peace over the parading dispute.
Christy Moore rewrites a Bobby Sands ballad in support of Garvaghy Road residents ahead of a solidarity rally.
Opinion: Sophie Clarke says buying a house was easy compared with the unanswered calls and rearranged appointments that followed.
A loyalist victim's widow tells the Garvaghy Road rally there should be no Orange march.
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The DUP claims its leader is the victim of a dirty tricks campaign over meetings held during the Drumcree deadlock.
Analysis: Sinn Fein were in the doldrums until Drumcree, and the DUP may have blundered into another crocodile moment.
Live: Orangemen fail in their latest attempt to walk Garvaghy Road.
Taylor Swift makes a surprise cameo during Dakota Johnson's SNL monologue.
Drumcree hardens even moderates such as Claire Hanna as O'Neill, Mac Cionnaith and Jamie Bryson clash over the parade.
Former IRA chief Frankie Quinn denies advising a Garvaghy Road residents' spokesman after being seen in conversation with Breandan Mac Cionnaith.
A marathon-running businesswoman who exaggerated her disabilities in a PIP claim is caught out.
A far-right couple avoid jail after handing out pink knuckledusters, pleading guilty at Laganside.
A Christian march's plan to walk along Garvaghy Road is curtailed by the Parades Commission.
Opinion: Michelle O'Neill says Drumcree is a return to factory settings, and old conflicts have always been here.
Judge Richard Humphreys, writing personally, argues dialogue can deliver an imperfect but workable Drumcree solution.
Hope Street actor Karen Hassan is proposed to on a mountaintop in Italy.
Death driver Martin Olali Jnr says he turned down a plot to rob £260,000 from a cocaine boss.
A Lisburn man unveils an ultra-discreet personal safety device for women that alerts friends and sends a location pin.
A Somali man goes on the run after a court convicted him over threatening behaviour; an arrest warrant is issued.