WAGNER TELEGRAM ACCOUNT / HANDOUT By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor When Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner troops launched their insurrection two months ago, Vladimir Putin made his feelings more than clear. He called it “treachery” and a “stab in the back” of Russia. He promised that the perpetrators would be punished. So there was incredulity…

Getty/Reuters/EPA By Anthony Zurcher in Wisconsin North America correspondent We’re more than halfway through the first Republican debate, and so far it’s a fight to see who can stand out on a crowded – and loud – stage. Eight candidates are vying to prove to the American public that they should be the party’s presidential…

EPA By Jean Mackenzie & Kelly Ng in Seoul and Singapore North Korea’s second attempt to put a spy satellite into space has failed, three months after its first launch crashed into the sea. The attempt on Thursday morning failed during the third stage of its flight, state media said. For North Korean leader Kim…

Lazy girl jobs, girl math, girl dinner – feminised trends are everywhere on social media. There’s community and levity in them, but also a darker side. In July, the “lazy girl job” took over social media. In a TikTok video, 26-year-old creator Gabrielle Judge, who coined the term, described this kind of role as “basically…

Getty Images By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter The Magdalene Laundries were back in the spotlight recently following the death of Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who spent time in one of the former asylums as a teenager. A new BBC drama examines the impact of the abuse which took place at some of these notorious institutions.…

Maya Gurung By Shreejana Shrestha & Rama Parajuli BBC Nepali Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey were poised to create history. Maya is a transgender woman but has not changed her gender on official documents. Her partner Surendra is a gay man. They were to be Nepal’s first same-sex couple to legally get married, following an…