Plan International Ghana calls for urgent action on girls’ rights and gender equality
A Country Director of Plan International Ghana, Constant Tchona, has emphasised the urgent need to accelerate efforts toward gender equality, warning that at the current pace, it could take 131 years to achieve full equality for girls globally…
Ottawa man faces long list of human trafficking charges
Ottawa police are concerned there may be more victims…
No grand conspiracy in Duterte’s arrest – Año
He was never part of a “core group” that plotted a “grand conspiracy” to have former president Rodrigo Duterte arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said yesterday…
Jackie Robinson’s Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge
An article highlighting baseball and civil rights hero Jackie Robinson’s U.S. Army career was back on the Department of Defense website after being removed in a DEI purge…
New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
A new strain of bird flu — H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn that past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1…
Disney shareholders reject push to burn its scorecard on LGBTQ rights
Disney (DIS) shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal urging the company to withdraw from the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, a ranking that evaluates companies based on their LGBTQ policies and workplace protections.Read more…
Hydroacoustic imaging shows human traces on the seabed may be visible for decades
Human use of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea is visible on the seabed and can significantly impact the habitat of many marine species. In a new study, researchers from Kiel University have used high-resolution hydroacoustic methods to investigate the seafloor in the southwestern Baltic Sea for human traces…
Cloaked in color: Research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression
Why do humans wear clothes? One reason is that changing outfits allows people to tailor their look in hopes of attracting or avoiding attention. New research led by the University of Washington found that hummingbirds may take a similar approach…
Sausages, cats and the human experience: prize-winning architect’s world
5 Photos | View Slide Show › Some of the projects designed by Liu Jiakun, the year’s winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize. This one is the West Village in Chengdu, Sichuan Province…