Are rural women smashing the glass ceiling of agriculture?
BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP “We have a lot of yams, we just need buyers,” says Rosalina Ballesteros. In Montes de Maria, the hilly region on…
Obama interview with BBC Persian TV
And so, the July, 2011, date is a date in which having ramped up our armed presence in Afghanistan in order to provide space and…
PM promises ‘radical’ shake-up of adult education
PM: Covid has “massively accelerated changes that were already happening”. Boris Johnson has vowed “radical” changes to the adult education system in England to help…
‘I lost my best friend in a police shooting’
BBC Greg Crockett After a police officer shot and killed Greg Crockett’s best friend, he left Minnesota for good. Then in the aftermath of George…
TUC Congress: Public will back us against cuts – Barber
It followed warnings from Mr Crow, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, that unions would fight for their members’ rights. The RMT…
The technology helping keep women safe on the streets
BBC Half of all women have felt unsafe at some point walking alone in the dark, according to recent figures from the Office for National…
Why the slow, mindful craft of pottery is booming worldwide
Pottery is the perfect tactile pastime for now, say its fans, and a great antidote to the digital world. Dominic Lutyens talks to enthusiasts and…
Tech firm sued by shareholders over IT global outage
Reuters A faulty CrowdStrike update crashed 8.5 million Microsoft Windows computers CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders after a faulty software update by the…
Richard Curtis’ new Netflix animated film about Christmases that go wrong
Netflix Santa Claus is voiced by Succession star Brian Cox, in a slightly less-sweary role than usual As we hurtle towards Mariah Carey’s most lucrative…
French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins
Getty Images The measures are part of a slate of environmental rules introduced by President Emmanuel Macron A new law banning plastic packaging on most…