Etienne-Emile Baulieu created the pill to give women a safe alternative to surgical abortion.
Category: World
M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87
Swit won awards for her role as “Hot Lips” Houlihan, a nurse based at an Army hospital during the Korean War.
Shakira cancels second concert over production issues
The Colombian pop star says she is “devastated”, after also cancelling her previous show in Boston.
Warning after 250 million bees escape overturned truck in US
Master bee-keepers are called to the scene after a truck containing 70,000 pounds of active honey bee hives flipped over.
Stranded astronauts didn’t know if they would ‘be able to make it back’
Nasa pair Butch and Suni tell the BBC they feared being unable to get home when they failed to dock on the ISS.
In Oval Office farewell, Trump says Elon Musk is ‘not really leaving’
Musk’s time in government ended with a colourful Oval Office meeting at Trump’s side.
How Bondi mass killer slipped through the cracks in Australia
An inquest is examining whether there were “missed opportunities” to stop Joel Cauchi’s stabbing rampage.
Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order
Al-Awda, the last functioning hospital in the North Gaza governorate, is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.
School leavers party for weeks on midnight buses, and Norway says it’s gone too far
Traditions have changed over the years and now teenagers are spending fortunes on hiring party buses.
Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries – until a roaring glacier wiped it out
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.