An elected Asian-American official in Ohio revealed the scars on his chest he got while serving in the United States army as he spoke about racist attacks against Asian-Americans during a board meeting. Last March 23, Board of Trustees Chairman …
Renowned Egyptian feminist writer and physician Nawal El-Saadawi has died at age 89, state-run daily newspaper Al-Ahram reported on March 21. Officials said El-Saadawi has died of age-related health problems. Culture Minister Inas Abdel-Dayem mourned Saadawi and said that her …
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has appointed Nigeria’s former two-time Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its seventh director-general, making her the first female and first African to lead the international body. WTO’s General Council, which consists of 164 members, unanimously …
Larry Flynt, founder of pornographic magazine Hustler and a series of strip clubs across the United States, has died of heart failure at the age of 78 on Feb. 10. Flynt first founded Hustler Club for adult entertainment in 1965, …
British World War Two veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised millions of funds for healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19, has died at the age of 100 after contracting the virus. “It is with great sadness that we …
Scottish musician, DJ and record producer Sophie Xeon, aged 34, died due to a ‘sudden accident’ in Athens, Greece. The news , confirmed by her management team, who wrote: “It is with profound sadness that I have to inform you …
All of the female candidates in Kuwait’s parliamentary election lost their bids to become MPs.
United States President-elect Joe Biden, together with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has announced a historic all-female White House senior communications team on Nov. 29, including those who previously served under the Obama administration.
The co-founder of the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised over $220 million for ALS medical research has passed away at the age of 37 last Nov. 22, seven years after his diagnosis of ALS.