Lawmakers in Paris have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the right to terminate a pregnancy France has responded to the rollback of abortion rights in the US by becoming the first nation in the world to constitutionally guarantee that its women can terminate their pregnancies.

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Housing construction in the EU and UK has fallen sharply due to interest-rate hikes, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Policies aimed at tackling raging inflation are exacerbating supply-chain issues and sending the cost of loans and building materials soaring, the agency noted.