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Two women leaders we admire

April 14, 2023

This week on We Women Want we have two interviews. The first is with the feisty Delhi Minister for Education and PWD, Atishi. She is the only woman minister in the Aam Admi Party government and talks about her plans for education. She is also known to surprise workers on...

Welcomed in Ireland, ‘Cousin Joe’ Biden cuts jokes of staying

April 14, 2023

In Ireland this week, well-wishers have lined the streets to catch a mere glimpse of President Joe Biden. Photos of his smiling face are plastered on shop windows, and one admirer held a sign reading, “2024 — Make Joe President Again.” No wonder Biden keeps joking about sticking around. Back...

USA to move Supreme Court to stop limits on mifepristone sale

April 14, 2023

Soon after an appeals court judgement that limited an earlier ruling that would have revoked the abortion pill’s clearance for use, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will move the Supreme Court to stop limits on the sale of mifepristone, Al Jazeera reported. The ruling was made shortly after an...

Palestinian Authority blocks registration of legal aid group

April 14, 2023

The Palestinian Authority has blocked the registration of a legal advocacy group representing critics and opponents detained in Palestinian prisons, the group said on Friday, a move condemned as the authority’s latest effort to stifle civil society in the occupied West Bank. Without proper registration, the group, Lawyers for Justice,...

Protesters storm Louis Vuitton’s Paris Headquarters

April 14, 2023

Protesters stormed the headquarters of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton on Thursday as the nationwide protest movement against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension overhaul morphed into a populist rebuke of France’s establishment, The Wall Street Journal reported. Video footage captured a crowd of men waving flares and banners as...

‘Pro-Chinese elements trying to tarnish Dalai Lama’s image’

April 14, 2023

A top political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration in India said the Tibetan people were hurt by the insinuations made over a recent viral video linked with the Dalai Lama and a boy, and alleged that “pro-Chinese sources” were trying to tarnish the spiritual leader’s image. Addressing the Foreign...

Form inclusive government, lift curbs on women, Taliban urged

April 14, 2023

China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan in the second informal meeting of their Foreign Ministers on Thursday released a joint statement, urging Taliban to form an inclusive government, Pakistan-based Khaama Press reported. The meeting was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in the framework of the 4th Ministers’ meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries....

US energy secretary says G7 can lead global emissions cuts

April 14, 2023

Wealthy nations can lead by example in cutting carbon emissions, though much faster action is needed to stem global warming, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Friday in an interview with The Associated Press. Granholm and other senior energy and environment officials from the Group of Seven advanced economies...

German town bids farewell to nuclear, eyes hydrogen future

April 14, 2023

For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural backwater. Now, it and the country’s two other remaining nuclear plants are being shut down. Germany long ago decided to...

Workers at anti-poverty World Bank struggle to pay bills

April 14, 2023

Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10 years and says he has gotten exactly one raise -- for 50 cents.This week, as leaders from around the world are in DC for the spring meeting of the poverty-fighting organisation, Blount and his coworkers...

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