UNITED STATES: A ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, took effect in Florida today.

The law allows terminations to save a woman’s life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest, but reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist Dr Leah Roberts warned that health workers would still be prevented from performing an abortion on a non-viable pregnancy that they know may become deadly until it actually does.

HAITI: The newly installed transitional council has chosen a little-known former sports minister as the new prime minister on Tuesday as it tries to establish a stable government amid stifling violence.