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Labour has promised to halve violence against women. As another year of grim statistics beckons, that’s a speck of hope worth grasping, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

A recent post on social media by a resident of Gurugram, regarding the fixing of domestic wages by a housing society in the city, sparked a much-needed conversation on a practice that is quickly becoming the norm across the country. Similar instances have come to light in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. 

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column is looking ahead at the urgent issues of 2025. Today, the expansion of the partnership between Beijing and Moscow

With threats of recession, global fracturing and increasingly angry voters, Labour’s sticky start is unlikely to get any easier, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

With the climate crisis hitting Britain, we must build resilience at a local level by rewilding, saving water and fighting floods, says Rupert Read of Climate Majority

For me, jogging isn’t about the euphoria – it’s about the small, everyday achievement of doing something I know will make me feel better in the long run

Will there be another pandemic, how will the world deal with social media, and is any alcohol good for you, asks Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

After an attack by riot police in Cairo, I returned to the US with both arms in plaster, and found there would always be a place at the table for me, says author Mona Eltahawy

Passenger numbers are rising, but competing with budget airlines will take work on ticket prices, infrastructure and integration, says Guardian Europe columnist María Ramírez

Successful PMs learn on the job, and Labour’s leader needs to start 2025 by showing his party and the country he has done so, writes biographer Anthony Seldon

She isn’t young, and yet she remains outspoken, passionate, and alive to the world in ways that many aren’t