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Choosing childlessness for the sake of the planet

Newborn babies in a maternity ward. Photograph: Roger Bamber/Alamy

Public policies shouldn’t be shaped around boosting birth rates, says Madeleine Hewitt. Plus a letter from Val Harding

Letters

hile it’s a tragedy that so many are afraid to have children due to climate breakdown, that doesn’t have to be a decision drawn from fear, but a positive, proactive choice to help solve the climate crisis (More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds research, 9 November).… Read the rest

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Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince

Residents of the Solino neighbourhood displaced from their homes due to clashes between armed gangs. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for help

Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

Gang members have targeted a strategic neighbourhood in Haiti’s capital, in a four-day attack which has left residents trapped in their homes by flaming barricades and automatic gunfire.… Read the rest

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Coco Gauff reveals she worked with Andy Roddick on serve before Australian Open

American Coco Gauff says working with Andy Roddick on her serve was ‘really cool’ after she won her first-round Australian Open match. Photograph: Andy Cheung/Getty Images
  • 19-year-old had ‘really good two days’ working with Roddick
  • American beats Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6-3, 6-0 in first round

Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park

Coco Gauff has revealed that she worked with Andy Roddick, the last man from the US to win a singles grand slam title, during the off-season to reconfigure her service motion as she looks to build on last year’s US Open triumph and compete for more major titles.… Read the rest

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