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Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounts Emergency in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address

In scrapping the right to terminate a pregnancy the court went against the popular will – only 25% of Americans now have confidence in the institution

A century ago as the country emerged from civil war, an event that rivalled the 1924 Paris Games helped establish a viable nation

A rich democracy of talent soars on a voice and string quartet album; Mother, Sister, Daughter’s vespers from Italian convents; plus lunchtime piano recitals

With its decision on Roe v Wade, the court has signaled its illegitimacy – and thrown the American project into question

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the notorious 1973 decision that wrote abortion rights into law. Critics of the court’s new ruling overlook a crucial fact: By throwing out one of the most anti-democratic court decisions in the past 100 years, the justices have upheld the democratic process.

What already has been a terrible week for democracy ended in the darkest of days with the Supreme Court decision that the right to abortion, upheld for almost 50 years, no longer exists.

Wounding democracy

Party has tabled a motion calling for reversal of move

Judges appointed by popular vote-losing presidents used a stolen Supreme Court seat to overturn the people's will

KRÜN, Germany — When President Joe Biden returns to Europe this weekend for six days of economic and national security meetings, he’ll do so as the leader of reinvigorated Western alliances, resolute in responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recommitted to defending democracy.