The head of the Tokyo Olympics has caused outrage in Japan after saying that women should be limited in the time they are allowed to speak in meetings because they are too long-winded.
Yoshiro Mori, 83, insisted this afternoon that he would not step down over his remarks, in a new crisis for the postponed…
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By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche
OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change via the ballot box, a Norwegian lawmaker said on Monday.
Abrams, whose work was credited with boosting voter turnout last year,…
Authorities in northeast Brazil are looking into the murder of a five-year-old girl whose mother admitted to ripping out her eyes and then cutting out a piece of her tongue before she allegedly chewed on it.
Josimare Gomes was arrested at her home in the municipality of Maravilha on Sunday and then confessed to investigators…
Hector Paredes Robles was the defence lawyer in a land trafficking, fraud and extortion case when he was spotted have sex with a woman on a live video call.
A lawyer was caught stripping naked and having sex during a Zoom court hearing.
Hector Paredes Robles was branded a disgrace to his profession by the…
Portugal’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing medically assisted dying, putting the Catholic-majority country on course to become the fourth in Europe to legalise euthanasia.
Before coming into force the bill must first be signed into law by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a staunch Catholic and conservative who was re-elected only last weekend.…
A court in India has ruled that groping a child through their clothing does not constitute sexual assault, drawing outrage across the country and frustrating campaigners battling to address widespread sexual abuse against women and children.In a judgment last week, Bombay High Court judge Pushpa Ganediwala found that a 39-year-old man was not guilty of…
Pro-business europhile Kaja Kallas is to be Estonia’s first female prime minister after parliament on Monday voted in her new coalition.
Kallas, a 43-year-old former MEP and leader of the Reform Party, is the daughter of the Baltic state’s former prime minister Siim Kallas.
She will govern in a coalition with the Centre Party of…
Some US leaders have written President Joe Biden, urging him to support the candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation.
In an open letter addressed to the newly sworn-in president, the US leaders said Okonjo-Iweala’s ascension to the office of the DG would send a strong message…
BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO
Justice Department and FBI officials are reportedly discussing whether or not everyone who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 should be charged, with some arguing that charges should not be filed for those who did not engage in violent behavior.
The Washington Post reported on the internal deliberations Saturday, citing multiple people…
A millionaire property developer has been cleared of raping a teenager after claiming he accidently tripped and fell on her.
Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, was accused of forcing himself on an 18 year-old-girl who had slept on his sofa in his Maida Vale flat after a night out drinking.
The businessman had already had sex with…