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When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest rate of unintended pregnancies, and 77% of abortions are estimated to be unsafe.

Overdoses linked to tranq, the street drug that can cause horrific wounds, have spiked 276 percent, according to the CDC.

Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.

South Africans are experiencing worsening blackouts as winter hits and the crisis is fuelling demands for political change in Africa's most-advanced economy.

Prime Minister Hun Sen, an avid user of the platform, had vowed to delete his account after Meta’s oversight board said he had used it to threaten political violence.

By studying how the arachnids respond to static electricity, researchers may have found a new reason to dread the bloodsucking creatures.

Montevideo is experiencing its worst drought in over 70 years. The situation is being worsened by locals hoarding water supplies.

The latest Quran-burning in Stockholm has not derailed talks with Turkey on Swedish NATO membership. But as Teri Schultz reports, the status quo may doom the alliance's timeline anyway.

A debate over troublesome bears in the Alps shows the complex challenge of rewilding large carnivores.

Data showed a spike in fatal shootings like the one that has incited angry protests. Experts say it’s an unintended consequence of a rushed response to terrorism.