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Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals Women should not feel pressurised into experiencing an “ideal birth”, the new health secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said, promising a root-and-branch

Progressive ex-public health official in tight battle against Haley Stevens in state’s Democratic primary The marquee race for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan remained too close to call on Tuesday

A terminally ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.

The head of Kyiv’s military administration says Russia is “once again massively attacking” the region around the city.

The allocated funding seeks to accelerate Israel’s control of historical landmarks across the occupied West Bank.

William Lawrence defeated two moderate candidates to challenge a vulnerable Republican incumbent, but some worry his views could hurt his chances in November.

Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand as an Antarctic cold

Is the budget airline’s plans to charge for carry-on bag storage a tax on bad behaviour, or just plain old price gouging? Two Guardian staffers check in In significant news for budget

Anger is growing after a 41-year-old Salvadoran man named Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at an ICE detention centre.

Disputes between smokers and nonsmokers are becoming more visible as a younger generation increasingly refuses to suffer secondhand smoke in silence.