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The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban. The 1864 law – which precedes Arizona becoming a state – makes abortion punishable by two to five years in prison, except when the mother’s life is at risk. The ruling could shutter all clinics in the state, and affect both women’s healthcare and the coming election. Arizona voters may be able to undo the ruling in a November referendum. The decision follows months of legal wrangling about whether the pre-statehood law could be enforced after years of dormancy. Many argued it had been…

A Spanish tennis player has been banned from the sport until 2039 after admitting to 35 corruption charges. Aaron Cortes, 29, fixed the outcome of matches for money, bet on tennis, failed to report corrupt approaches and gave money to tournament officials in exchange for a wildcard, said the International Tennis Integrity Agency. It gave him a 15-year ban and fined him $75,000, of which $56,250 is suspended. The offences took place between 2016 and 2018. The ITIA was set up to safeguard the integrity of professional tennis worldwide. It said Cortes, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 955,…

Simon Harris has been elected as taoiseach (Irish prime minister) by members of the Dáil (Irish parliament). Aged 37, the new Fine Gael party leader is the youngest person to lead the Republic of Ireland. It follows the resignation of his predecessor Leo Varadkar who announced he was stepping down last month. Mr Harris was elected after a vote in which 88 Dáil members supported him while 69 voted against his appointment. He was officially installed as taoiseach on Tuesday afternoon after travelling to meet President Michael D Higgins to receive the seals of office. Mr Harris was the only…

Ring the alarm: Pop music is getting its sense of fun back, and it’s all thanks to Chappell Roan. Her uproarious debut album, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, came out last September, telling the story of a closeted, small-town girl finding her way in the world. Full of outrageous lyrical twists and scorching-hot melodies, it’s also one of the horniest records in recent memory. The 26-year-old has sex in the passenger seat of a car, streaks down the streets of New York and makes out with her best friend, reasoning: “We could go to hell, but we’ll…

Children have been let down by a lack of research and “remarkably weak” evidence on medical interventions in gender care, a landmark review says. The Cass Review, published on Wednesday by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other NHS care. She says the “toxicity” of the debate around gender meant professionals were “afraid” to openly discuss their views. NHS England says it has already made significant progress in making changes. The Cass Review, which looked at gender identity services for under-18s, was commissioned by NHS England in 2020 after a sharp…

Popular games such as World of Warcraft will be back in China this summer, according to the country’s video games giant NetEase. Last year, NetEase and the games’ publisher Activision Blizzard ended their 14-year partnership due to disagreement over intellectual property control. The breakup sparked outcry with millions of Chinese internet users complaining that they would lose access to their favourite games. All games require a local publisher and licences from the Chinese government to operate there. The earlier disagreement escalated into an open feud that saw the two companies sue each other. But the tension eased after Microsoft acquired Activision…

The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who each had faced up to 15 years in prison, have already been imprisoned for over two years since their arrest in a Detroit warehouse days after the shooting. Though they were tried separately, their sentencing took place together in an Oakland County courtroom. They are the first parents to be held criminally responsible for a mass school shooting committed by their child as the…

Anyone switching on their television set in South Korea tonight will be able to take their pick of exciting viewing options – parliamentary candidates starring in a romantic melodrama, fighting it out on a Hollywood-famous train, or even engaging in a rap battle. This is how the country’s leading broadcasters vie for viewership on polling night. South Koreans will vote for a new 300-member parliament today, in an election widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration. Meanwhile another fierce battle is playing out behind TV screens. As they seek to draw in young viewers for…

The boss of one of the world’s biggest banks has warned US interest rates could climb to 8%. Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, said his bank has prepared for interest rates to jump because of “persistent inflationary pressures”. Central banks around the world have been busy raising rates in a bid to dampen rising prices. But with price rises in some countries now gradually slowing, central banks may begin to lower interest rates. In his annual letter to shareholders, Mr Dimon said that the bank was ready for a “very broad range” of rates, from 2% to 8%…

Uefa is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer’s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following talks with coaches. Discussions with international bosses whose teams had qualified for Euro 2024 were held in Dusseldorf on Monday. “Uefa has taken note of the various opinions and points of view shared,” said a statement from European football’s governing body “A final decision will be made in the coming weeks.” The subject was discussed as part of a wider two-day workshop for finalists, and now goes to Uefa’s national team competitions committee then its executive committee. Squads are currently limited to 23…