Year: 2024

Smriti Sharma, United Nations University Discrimination against women and girls is a pervasive and long-running phenomenon that characterizes Indian society at every level. India’s progress towards gender equality, measured by its position on rankings such […]

Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island airport ended a brief lockdown Friday after police said the potential security threat that prompted it was unfounded.The Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick posted online about the lockdown shortly before noon. It said police determined there… […]

Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — Several communities in Massachusetts are warning residents and dog-walkers to be mindful of coyotes after a string of violent encounters.Police in the town of Hopkinton, about 32 miles (51 kilometers) west of Boston, said a woman was walking her dogs on Thursday… […]

Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   BANGKOK (AP) — China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount.… […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother.Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family, said the video clearly shows that the Aug. 24… […]