“We’re seeking to bring attention to the fact that we’re called an equality paradise, but there are still gender disparities and urgent need for action,” said Freyja Steingrimsdottir, one of the strike organisers, in quotes cited by Reuters news agency.
Benjamin Gedan, director of the Argentina Project at the Washington-based Wilson Center think tank, said that while many Argentines were keen on radical change, “a lot of Argentines have a lot to lose from the dismantling of the social welfare state” which
In a statement, the football club continued that it “condemns any racist and xenophobic behaviour, even if it is in isolation, as is the case, and shows its willingness and collaboration with the authorities to eradicate these attitudes, which do not represent
They say the settlers then opened fire at the Palestinian neighbours who came to assist, killing three young men – Hasan Abu Sorour, 16, Obayda Abu Sorour, 17, and Musab Abu Reda, 25 – and gravely wounding several others. Moath Odeh, aged
Fifteen regional airports had threats made against them on Friday, from Biarritz, Bordeaux, Nice and Toulouse in the south to Lille and Brest in the north. Airports have been evacuated on several days this week, causing the cancellation of at least 130
Dmitry Kolezev, a prominent Russian journalist, wrote that the law Ms Kurmasheva was charged under was written so broadly that collecting even basic information about military personnel, such as soldiers’ names and unit numbers, could be prohibited. “They took another hostage,” he
Twenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Darfur amid fighting between non-Arab rebel groups and a militia known as the Janjaweed, which later grew into the RSF. Some Janjaweed leaders and even the president at the time, Omar
Carolyn Housman runs CFAB, an international social service network that will work to help those left orphaned by war.Her organisation cannot predict the scale of those left without family members yet, but it will be “huge”, she says.”Very often children can be
A large number of buildings in a refugee camp in northern Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli strikes. Civilians had been told to leave the area and head to southern Gaza ahead of the strikes. More than 1,400 people in Israel were
“No one will give us answers, it is a big mess inside,” she said, looking totally shattered. “We go to ask every five minutes, everyone here knows us, our names, our phone number, my brother’s name, and his picture. He was a