Tag Archives: women

Always first on the podium for self-congratulation, the IOC continues its quest to be a transgender champion at the expense of elite women athletes with newly announced guidelines that will prove another bodyblow to females in sport.  Somehow, while trumpeting its credentials as a standard bearer of human rights, the …

The US military found itself at the center of controversy this week after the New York Times reported that it had covered up a 2019 strike on Syrian civilians which left at least 80 dead. After the report went viral, US officials finally acknowledged the casualties in a statement and …

On March 18, 2019, a US F-15E fighter jet dropped a bomb on “a large crowd of women and children huddled against a river bank” near the town of Baghuz and then proceeded to drop several more, killing survivors, according to a New York Times report published on Saturday. The …

Across the UK, a panic has developed around the idea that young women are being ‘spiked’ by being injected with drugs by a patron with a syringe, at pubs and clubs in various parts of the country.  In little more than a few days this needle spiking appears to have …

“When people ask me, ‘If you ruled the world, what one thing would you do?’ – I think about that a lot,” Pelosi said, laughing. Though the ten-second video did not show what answer she gave, the transcript of her speech, posted on the official website of the House Speaker, …

England international Stanway, 22, received her marching orders after she chopped down Leah Galton in the first half of the game with their arch-rivals.  Stanway, who was deputizing at right back for Manchester City, let loose with the x-rated tackle around the 35 minute mark of the match which eventually finished …

As the culture war rages over gender identity,  men with cervixes,  ‘pregnant people’ and who has the right to abuse whom, an unlikely alliance may be emerging between two much maligned ‘minorities’ – women and black men. The 2020 kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard and the conviction last week …

Competing under the banner of the Chess Federation of Russian (CFR) in the tournament in the Catalan town of Sitges, Russia ran out winners 2.5-1.5 in the first game and 3-1 in the second to see off their Indian rivals.  The CFR team was represented by stars Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, …

In all, the spending package – one part of the Biden administration’s ‘Build Back Better’ program – uses the word “mother” three times and the word “maternal” 50 times. Meanwhile, the word “women” appears on 20 occasions in a number of contexts, including domestic violence, business ownership, health insurance and …

Multiple media reported on Sunday that Iceland’s parliamentary elections propelled more women into the country’s legislature than men in a first for Europe. Reports that cited local electoral officials put the number of would-be female lawmakers at 33, while men were set to grab 30 seats. Icelandic public broadcaster RUV …