Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space
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Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry were set to make a brief trip into space on Monday on a flight operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. It would be the first time an all-female crew has been…

Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception. This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands…

As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
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As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they forced the police…

Opinion | ‘View From the Floor’: What I Learned From Going on ‘Maury’
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Opinion | ‘View From the Floor’: What I Learned From Going on ‘Maury’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with performing onstage. Since I was born with no legs, it wasn’t long before news crews, national telethons and even the talk show host Maury Povich arrived to capture me in action, always…

In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight
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In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the party was “ready for political change” and posted a group picture of the likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with five…

For Black Women, Adrienne Adams Is More Than Just Another Candidate
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For Black Women, Adrienne Adams Is More Than Just Another Candidate

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Adrienne Adams officially kicked off her mayoral campaign on Saturday, she urged potential voters at a rally in Jamaica, Queens, to view her as an alternative to the city’s two most recognizable candidates, Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo….

Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill
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Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The authorities in the western Canadian province of Manitoba said on Wednesday that they had found what could be the remains of two Indigenous women murdered by a serial killer, a possible breakthrough in a case that has devastated local communities and brought…

All 3 Fayed Brothers, Ex-Owners of Harrods, Are Now Accused of Sexual Assault
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All 3 Fayed Brothers, Ex-Owners of Harrods, Are Now Accused of Sexual Assault

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Amy McIlquham was 21 when she was asked to go to Gstaad, Switzerland, for a long weekend with her boss. Ms. McIlquham had joined Harrods, the luxury department store in London, in 1993. A Canadian on a work-abroad program, she was promoted from…

Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66
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Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of knuckling under to politics by not approving over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill known as Plan B, died on Jan….