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Category: 4. World
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‘Victory for women’ and ‘equity policies in chaos’
News of five Supreme Court judges unanimously ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law dominates Thursday’s front pages. “Transwomen ‘not women’”, is the Metro’s headline as it pictures a group celebrating outside the… -
Serbian president plans to join Putin’s WWII victory parade in Moscow despite EU warning
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist president said Wednesday that he hasn’t changed his mind about attending Vladimir Putin ’s victory day parade in Moscow next month despite great pressure…
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Meteor explodes in the sky over Mexico City
Residents of Mexico City and other areas in central Mexico were jolted awake early Wednesday by a loud explosion and a bright flash across the sky.
The event was later confirmed by monitoring services as a bolide — an exceptionally bright…
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Israeli troops in Gaza find dog that disappeared for 18 months after Hamas attack and return her to family
BINYAMINA, Israel (AP) — Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her dog again after it disappeared in the Hamas attack that sparked the ongoing war with Israel.
Her ex-husband and brother were abducted…
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Aboard the ‘silver train’, China’s retirees do their bit to offset Trump’s tariffs
Stephen McDonellChina correspondent
BBC/Benjamin BegleyThe ‘silver train’ initiative aims to get retirees to visit remote parts of China and boost the local economy Beijing insists it will stand firm in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese…
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Star of Philippines cinema dies aged 71
Nora Aunor, one of the Philippines’ most celebrated film stars, has died at the age of 71.
Ms Aunor’s death on Wednesday was announced by her children on social media, but no further details were provided about her cause of death.
“She touched…
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Why China curbing rare earth exports is a huge blow to the US
Getty ImagesNeodymium is used to make the powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives As the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two…
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Trans women not legally ‘women’ under Equality Act, rules UK Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in a landmark judgement ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers strictly to biological females, and not transgender women. The unanimous verdict by five judges is…
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