Former SpaceX workers file suit alleging harassment, wrongful termination | Technology

Former SpaceX workers file suit alleging harassment, wrongful termination | Technology

ByNews Polite

Eight former engineers accuse CEO Elon Musk of overseeing a ‘pervasively sexist culture’ at the rocket company. Eight former SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit accusing the rocket company and its CEO Elon Musk of firing them for raising concerns about the treatment of female employees. In a lawsuit filed…

‘Obvious’ Sydney mall killer targeted women, Australian police say | Gender Equity News

‘Obvious’ Sydney mall killer targeted women, Australian police say | Gender Equity News

ByNews Polite

New South Wales Police commissioner says videos of the attack ‘speak for themselves’. Australian police have said they believe a man who fatally six stabbed people at a busy Sydney shopping centre specifically targeted women. Five women and one man were killed on Saturday when a 40-year-old man went on…

Guns won’t stop goals from girl footballers in India’s violence-hit Manipur | Football

Guns won’t stop goals from girl footballers in India’s violence-hit Manipur | Football

ByNews Polite

Andro, India – Smart in her neon blue jacket and bright red sneakers, Hemarani slips out of the large thatched-roof mud hut and stands squinting up at the rising sun. The sky is streaked pink over the Nongmaiching Ching hills, and the wide open field before her is still swimming…

South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies? | Demographics News

South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies? | Demographics News

ByNews Polite

South Korea’s low birthrate has been declared a national emergency despite its government’s efforts to incentivise people into parenthood by paying 2 million won ($1,510) on the birth of each child as well as providing a host of other benefits to parents. The country is one of several in East…