The first woman screened by the breast cancer project inspired by the late Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding is running the London Marathon to save more young lives. Harding died from breast cancer aged 39 in 2021 but her last wish was for new ways
Dogs around the U.S. wore solar eclipse sunglasses on Monday to shield their eyes from the phenomenon. They enjoyed time outside with their families.
Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in northeastern Nigeria’s Chibok village. “It makes me so angry to
The school year in Afghanistan began without girls, as the Taliban prohibited them from attending classes beyond the sixth grade. More than 1 million girls are affected by the ban, according to the U.N. children’s agency. Afghanistan is the sole country with
A PE teacher who had sex with an underrage pupil has been banned from teaching for life. Erin Hebblewhite, 32, a disgraced sports teacher, will never be allowed to teach again after she was jailed for two years. This decision was made
A 29-year-old woman from Maine became the first American woman to sail around the world after arriving in A Coruña, Spain, on Thursday, March 7. Cole Brauer and her 40-meter sailboat, “First Light,” sailed roughly 30,000 miles as part of the Global
‘We should be looking to protect young women’ (Image: Getty) It’s becoming a bit of a pattern. One week there is some grave announcement about the state of the younger generation’s mental health; the next there is a recommendation bound to make
Spain’s Catalonia region has introduced a women’s health initiative that offers millions of women and girls reusable menstrual products for free. The products are provided by the public healthcare system and distributed through pharmacies. Spain’s national government has also taken steps to
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and women’s right to
Four men have been convicted after a drive-by shooting outside a church in central London. Four women and two girls, aged 11 and seven, were shot with a sawn-off shotgun fired into a crowd of people outside a funeral at St Aloysius