Opening remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the CSW68 side event, “Multistakeholder partnership and practices to push forward for gender equality,… Read More »Speech: We are not deterred – Let us push forward together for gender equality
Fashionistas desperate to get their hands on an exclusive Birkin handbag are suing Hermes in California on grounds the company won’t sell them one unless… Read More »Hermes faces lawsuit in California over ‘refusal’ to sell Birkin handbag
Thierry Henry’s France side are firm favourites to progress following a kind group draw for men’s football at the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, as… Read More »Paris Olympics football draw: French men favourites to win; women to play holders Canada
As many as half of all the votes reported for Vladimir Putin in Russia’s presidential election last week were fraudulent, according to Russian independent media… Read More »‘Shpilkin method’: Statistical tool gauges voter fraud in Putin landslide
In Metula, an Israeli village on the border with Lebanon, rubble fills the streets and damaged houses lie empty and abandoned. It is one of… Read More »‘A ghost city’: Israeli towns left abandoned as residents flee Hezbollah rockets
Prabowo Subianto is Indonesia’s president after a convincing election win but he has also been accused of rights abuses while serving as a military chief… Read More »Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto confirmed as president after first-round win
The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the UN said Wednesday, warning this avalanche of dumped… Read More »Trashed electronic devices are growing ‘catastrophe’ for environment, UN warns
Former Brazil international Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in a one-million-euro bail agreement denounced by… Read More »Spanish court bails footballer Dani Alves for €1.1 million pending appeal of rape conviction
Organisers of the Paris Olympics are to distribute 220,000 condoms to athletes who want to get romantic during this year’s Games in the City of… Read More »Paris caters for Olympic romance by distributing 220,000 free condoms to athletes
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will step down as leader of the country soon as a successor is chosen.
