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More women than ever use family planning, says the UN, and having one child fewer could dramatically curtail the global population by 2030
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Scant new information on wreckage’s whereabouts or tragedy’s causes in report on anniversary of plane’s disappearance
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Syria, migration, terrorism: the EU’s leaders seem helpless in the face of these interrelated crises. Yet there is a political solution – and it begins with Turkey
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UKUKBritish fugitives hiding in Netherlands targeted in joint police operationPolice and victims’ relatives appeal for help to track down nine Britons accused of crimes including drug-dealing and murder
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EuropeEuropeBoris Johnson abandons City Hall EU referendum gag after hypocrisy claim - Politics liveRolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, giving evidence to MPs on the EU referendum
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From community folk dancing to vibrant art installations, local journalist Aurora Percannella shows us the culture beyond Turin’s Olympic legacy
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Evacuees from the Chernobyl nuclear accident remember relatives, friends and colleagues who died – and the abandoned city declared unsafe for 24,000 years
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Join us for live coverage as people around the world mark IWD2016. Plus we’re asking: “What does equality mean to you?”
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Where has the highest rate of male sterilisation? How many people in sub-Saharan Africa are on the pill? Explore a world of contraception data
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In the artistic canon our female ancestors were rarely seen. International Women’s Day is a reminder that women must follow their creative urges and make up for lost time
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The proposal that Europe will resettle every Syrian that Turkey allows in from Greece is morally and legally complex
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Turkey’s compliance is not a foregone conclusion, and it is unlikely that the Balkans can be sealed off from Greece
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Takeover of opposition newspaper was Erdoğan giving Brussels the finger on eve of summit, and other issues have gone largely unchallenged too
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A pastor who attended a rally held by Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Saturday and who led a prayer at the event has been shot multiple times
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The US government will release statistics showing the number of deaths which have resulted from counter-terrorism strikes since 2009
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A pair of panda cubs born in the Toronto Zoo are hailed as a symbol of international co-operation as they officially received names that pay tribute to the country of their birth
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says, on Monday during a campaign rally in Michigan, that he has tried marijuana twice in his life when he was very young
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European Parliament president Martin Schulz speaks at a news conference in Brussels on Monday following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
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Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan criticises the European Union for its handling of the migrant and refugee crisis on Monday
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A car attempts to change lanes on a motorway in China but does not have enough room for the manoeuvre, causing it to collide with a car behind
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