News & Views New Chancellor appoints Germany’s first gender-equal cabinet Germany will have more women in its cabinet than ever, with incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz appointing 8 women and 8 men as ministers.
News & Views Angela Merkel’s last epic request as leader Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has issued one last epic request to prove there will never be another leader like her.
News & Views Female victim reveals harrowing details of crimes in Ghislaine Maxwell trial Day two of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex-trafficking trial in New York, harrowing details from a female witness emerged.
News & Views Sweden’s first female PM returns after resigning last week Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed as Sweden’s prime minister after she was forced to resign from the role last week within hours.
News & Views Sweden’s parliament elected its first female prime minister. She resigned within hours Magdalena Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister on Wednesday, but she resigned less than 12 hours into the job.
News & Views Barnaby Joyce mocks emotional COP26 president and says the Nationals did not ‘sign’ the summit’s communique Barnaby Joyce has mocked COP26 president Alok Sharma for his heartfelt apology for the way the climate summit unfolded.
Climate ‘The Australian way’: how Morrison trashed brand Australia at COP26 Prime Minister Scott Morrison might be a marketing supremo, but he can’t spin his way out of his government’s failures.
Screen ‘Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women’ wins major photography prize Australia’s First Nations women are the subjects of photographer David Prichard’s Taylor Wessing Prize portraits, which was awarded on Monday
News & Views Jo Dodds is bringing the stories of bushfire survivors to the world at COP26 Jo Dodds, President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, is ensuring the voices of bushfire survivors are being heard at COP26.
Health rights and gender-based violence Poland protests after woman dies due to strict abortion laws Protests against Poland’s strict anti-abortion laws reignited after the death of a 30-year old pregnant woman from septicaemia.
World Michelle Wu makes history as Boston elects its first non-white, female mayor For the first time in history, Boston has elected a female major. Michelle Wu won the mayoral race on Tuesday.
Climate The outcomes of COP26 depend entirely on this group of (mostly) men It feels like a punch in the guts to think that this cohort of overwhelming white men will be singularly responsible for the outcomes of COP26
