Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women. Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas to mark International Women’s Day, with many demanding an end to gender-based violence and inequality. In cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, those […]
Keiron Tourish BBC News NI north west reporter BBC The mural is being unveiled in the Bogside in County Londonderry where Nell McCafferty was from A new mural has been completed in Londonderry in memory of the late writer and prominent feminist campaigner Nell McCafferty. She died in August at the age of 80 and […]
Manchester United have reportedly opened talks with Crystal Palace for Jean-Philippe Mateta, while Jobe Bellingham has also been linked with a move to Old Trafford. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades TOP STORIES – […]
Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Reporting fromMacclesfield BBC Jane Kent says Macclesfield doesn’t need any more places to buy pastries There is a cheerful red awning and a newly painted cream wooden shopfront on the market square in Macclesfield. A new bakery cafe has just opened, offering ciabatta and sourdough loaves as well as hot […]
Jess Phillips and Branneisha Cooper Women like Jess and Branneisha say strangers are more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation since they lost weight When Branneisha Cooper was overweight, she felt both invisible and like she stood out. Her friends would get attention when they were out together, while she was […]
The U.S. Capitol Building on Feb. 10, 2025. Zayrha Rodriguez/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Zayrha Rodriguez/Newsportu With just days to go before a government shutdown deadline, House Republicans have released a 99-page stopgap bill they hope will reach President Trump’s desk before some government funding runs out on Friday. It’s unclear if they have the […]
Tesla charging stations were set ablaze near Boston on Monday. Shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Oregon after midnight on Thursday. Arrests were made at a nonviolent protest at a Tesla dealership in Lower Manhattan on Saturday. The electric car company Tesla increasingly found itself in police blotters across the country this week, […]
Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement, died on Friday at her home in Piermont, NY., in Rockland County. She was 96. Her death, from congestive heart failure, was announced by Pamela A. Koch, an associate professor of nutrition […]
A “Friday evening matinee?” To quote the Gershwins, it ain’t necessarily so. But that’s how modern artificial intelligence suggested I hit Broadway. When I was asked to see what A.I. gets right and wrong about visiting New York City, I was deeply curious and felt well qualified for the assignment — I’ve been a resident […]
A Denver judge on Friday sentenced a former ride-share driver to 290 years to life after prosecutors said he abducted a dozen women over four years by falsely posing as the driver they requested. The man, John Pastor-Mendoza, was convicted in late October on 30 charges related to the kidnapping, attempted sexual assault and sexual […]