Our collective reluctance to say ‘vagina’ shrouds women’s bodies – and their sexuality – in shame

US study finds Christians are willing to pay for prayers – but atheists will pay to avoid them

Natalie Beach’s exposé of her friendship with Instagram star Caroline Calloway – what a story!

Disparity is almost the same in 2015 as in 1980, say researchers who call for contracts to be made public

An online film project aims to bring the thoughts of Spanish and Latin American female visionaries to a new generation

Informal group including social workers, pastors, lawyers and medics have banded together to support demonstrators

Kaoru Hasuike spent 24 years in the north before he was released. He hopes diplomacy can shed light on the fate of eight Japanese citizens still missing

President López Obrador says new immigration plan is working, but huge numbers of people still travel north – aided by smugglers’ bribes

The Testaments gives a vivid portrait of female resistance. But we should beware seeing women as merely angels or victims

Journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor spoke to the Guardian about their sprawling investigation into Weinstein’s alleged sexual predation as detailed in their new book

Air France flight 1611 plunged into sea off Nice – and relatives blame French navy exercise gone wrong

In February, a gang of armed men took a North Korean official hostage and demanded that he defect. When he refused, their plan fell apart, and they fled. Who were they, and why did they risk everything on this wild plot? By Giles Tremlett

The first credit union specifically tailored to LGBTQ customers has opened in the US. Would more of them help end financial discrimination?

Oleg Smolenkov hadn’t been seen after he went on holiday in 2017, but Russian authorities concluded he had fled abroad

CNN says decision made shortly after 2017 Oval Office meetingUS officials alarmed by Trump’s private meeting with Putin

A 77-year-old British woman has become the oldest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop, and unassisted. Jeanne Socrates, from Lymington, Hampshire, completed her 320-day voyage in Victoria, Canada. She was accompanied by a flotilla of boat

The man who brought freedom to Zimbabwe was once a hero to many – but he died a tyrant who will not be mourned

She’s played a host of strong female leads, from Miss Havisham to Blanche DuBois – and now Margaret Thatcher. Gillian Anderson talks about living in Britain, obsessive fans – and dating Chewbacca

Taunts against black players are symptomatic of a rising tide of prejudice in society, fostered across Europe by the far right

Catherine Blake’s unacknowledged contribution to the artist’s work is celebrated in a new show at Tate Britain

A 73-year-old woman in southern India who has given birth to healthy twin girls described motherhood as “the happiest time of my life”. The babies were delivered through caesarean section on Thursday. Uma Shankar, the woman’s doctor, told the Guardia

Paris’s Tutankhamun exhibition is a record-breaking hit – but scarabs, pharaohs and man-eating monsters have been thrilling us for centuries

‘It has been voted the worst song ever. I think that’s just people’s way of saying it’s the best’

The Trump justice department is pushing to make it legal to fire people for being gay or transgender

How overblown fears of censorship have normalised hate speech and silenced minorities. By Nesrine Malik

Whether human civilization stays intact amid this worsening weather depends on recognizing our shared humanity – and designing policy accordingly

I hope Tiffany Trump has a good therapist. I never thought I could feel sympathy for a Trump, but the president’s fourth child has had a dreadful few days. On Thursday, President Trump’s personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, was abruptly ousted f

It’s a naturally inclusive experience, yet books on the subject by women of colour are hard to find

The world’s busiest peaks are now rubbish dumps, littered with tents and human waste. The latest publicity stunt on Mont Blanc is the last straw

Women’s Voluntary Services helped move 1.5 million people in three days after outbreak of WW2