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'Not about condoms': Chinese shrug off contraceptive tax
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» BEIJING - China has made condoms and other contraceptives more expensive as it tries to boost birth rates, but residents in Beijing and analysts say the measure will have little impact.
Danish PM to apologise for forced contraception in Greenland
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has arrived in Denmark’s autonomous territory Greenland for a ceremony Wednesday to apologise in person to the victims of a forced contraception programme that Copenhagen ran for more than three decades.
Denmark apologises for Greenland forced contraception
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Denmark's prime minister on Wednesday presented a long-awaited apology to the victims of Denmark's forced contraception campaign in Greenland, lifting a key point of tension with its autonomous territory.
Dutch museum rolls out 200-year-old condom
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Tuesday placed on display a rare condom from around 1830, featuring an erotic print of a nun and three clergymen in provocative poses.
Abortion pill inventor Etienne-Emile Baulieu dies aged 98
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» PARIS - French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris on Friday, his wife told AFP.
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel for work on women in the labour market
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel prize in economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research that has helped understand the role of women in the labour market.
Britney Spears and husband head for divorce
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Britney Spears and her model husband Sam Asghari are heading for a divorce after 14 months of marriage, US media reported — the latest personal crisis for the troubled pop star.
They made me feel like nothing, Britney Spears says of family
Life, AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» Britney Spears on Sunday released a lengthy audio message concerning the controversial guardianship that kept her primarily under her father's control for more than 13 years.
Elton John and Britney Spears to collaborate on new song
Life, AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» Princess of pop Britney Spears will join forces with music maestro Elton John on a new single, the record company releasing the track said on Monday.
Alarm bells as US abortion ruling fuels rush on morning-after pill
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - When the US Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion, Julie Crowe went straight online to do some shopping. She ordered 10 packs of the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B for immediate delivery.