SYDNEY — When Brittany Higgins stood up in front of Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, she told the gathered crowd: “I speak to you out of necessity.” “We are all here today not because we want to be here, but because we have to be here,” the former […]
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The Guardian ‘Our community is bleeding’: Asian American lawmakers say violence has reached ‘crisis point’ House legislators hold hearing as Biden and Harris plan meetings with Atlanta leaders A demonstration in Atlanta on Thursday against racism and sexism following the shootings on Tuesday. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Asian American lawmakers and […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Prejudice and discrimination based on age is widespread around the world, affecting millions of older and younger people trying to work and get health care, denying their human rights and costing society billions of dollars, a U.N. report said Thursday. “Its main message is that we […]
The Guardian ‘This day was coming’: Asian American lawmakers say violence has reached ‘crisis point’ Legislators address anti-Asian violence at hearing as Biden and Harris plan meetings with Atlanta leaders A demonstration in Atlanta on Thursday against racism and sexism following the shootings on Tuesday. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Asian American […]
TOKYO — In yet another setback for the postponed Tokyo Olympics — and another involving comments about women — games’ creative director Hiroshi Sasaki resigned on Thursday after making demeaning comments about a well-known female celebrity in Japan. The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open in just over four months, […]
LONDON — The world awaits a decision from Europe’s top medical regulator into whether there is any evidence to show the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is linked to a small number of blood clots reported in people across the continent. The European Medicines Agency’s expert committee is set to announce the […]
LONDON (AP) — The world is awaiting a decision from Europe’s top medical regulator on its investigation into whether there is any evidence to show the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is linked to a small number of blood clots reported in people across the continent. The European Medicines Agency’s expert committee […]
Harry Potter star Ralph Fiennes backs JK Rowling in transgender row -admitting he ‘can’t understand the level of hatred’ directed at the author and brands it ‘disturbing’ Ralph Fiennes, 58, has leapt to the defence of JK Rowling following trans row Last June the author sparked controversy by saying the concept […]