Key UN body reaffirms 1995 plan to achieve gender equality
AP, United Nations :The main U.N. body promoting women’s rights reaffirmed the 1995 road map to achieve gender equality on Monday and pledged to step...
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Despite virus risk, 2020 hopefuls keep up campaigns for now
AP, Grand Rapids :As the coronavirus hits more states, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday his campaign is gauging when it may become necessary...
Women fill streets of world’s cities with call for justice
AP, Mexico City :Women filled the streets of the world’s largest cities Sunday to protest gender violence and inequality on International Women’s Day, with the...
China turns to propaganda to right image in virus `war`
AP, Beijing : As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, China’s ruling Communist Party has deployed its propaganda playbook to portray...
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Australian police charge two Sydney women over toilet paper feudReuters, SydneyAustralian state police on Sunday charged two Sydney women involved in a violent brawl over...
Biden, Sanders enter key phase in Democrats’ race
AFP, St. Louis :Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Saturday began what amounts to a fresh campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, as the...
‘Not concerned at all’: Trump on coronavirus spread near White House
AFP, Palm Beach :US President Donald Trump signaled Saturday that he has no intention of halting campaign rallies despite surging coronavirus infections, as a case...
Israeli PM vows to press forth even after election shortfall
AP, Jerusalem :A defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday he was “not going anywhere” even after he again fell short of a parliamentary...
MH17 relatives protest Russian actions with 298 empty chairs
AP, The Hague :The families of people killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 set out 298...
Gender inequality biggest human rights challenge: UN chief
AP, United Nations :Calling himself “a proud feminist,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out at men who abuse power and declared before Sunday’s observances of...
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Trump says Taliban could ‘possibly’ seize power after US leavesAFP, WashingtonPresident Donald Trump on Friday said the Taliban could “possibly” overrun the Afghan government after...
Ethiopian investigators’ draft blames Boeing design for crash
Reuters, Washington :A draft interim report from Ethiopian crash investigators circulated to US government agencies concludes the March 2019 crash of a Boeing Co 737...