Melinda French Gates ‘ has a long history of supporting the women’s movement, but it’s her new eye-popping funding commitments that could finally change women’s groups’ long-running lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the United States directly benefits women and girls. That 2% ceiling could be broken thanks to French Gates’ $1
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk trigging another landslide, officials said Thursday. Government and army geotechnical experts
The Israeli military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Violence in the West Bank has surged throughout the war in Gaza as Israel raids Palestinian towns in the territory to crack down on militancy, with incursions resulting in the deaths of more than 500 Palestinians.
Shares retreated Thursday in Asia after U.S. stocks fell under the weight of higher yields in the bond market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average giving up more than 400 points. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 benchmark shed 1.3% to 38,054.13 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong declined 1.4% to 18,217.83. The Shanghai Composite index gave
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest ever international operation against the lucrative form of cybercrime. The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, said Thursday that police arrested four “high value”
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Players on Argentina’s women’s squad on Wednesday said they understood why four teammates quit amid a dispute with the national soccer federation over pay and conditions, but insisted they’ll seek improvements by working from within. Goalkeeper Laurina Oliveiros, defenders Julieta Cruz and Eliana Stábile and midfielder Lorena Benítez left the
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungary’s top diplomat visited Belarus on Wednesday for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union’s sanctions against the country . Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó declared that “our position is clear: the fewer sanctions, the more cooperation!” The EU has slapped an array of sweeping sanctions on Belarus for the
Životna sredina | Izvor: Beta | 29.05.2024 | access_time 10:20 Odbor za profesionalnu etiku Univerziteta u Beogradu izrekao je opomenu dekanu Poljoprivrednog fakulteta u Beogradu, prof. Dušanu Živkoviću, zbog kršenja Kodeksa profesionalne etike, preneo je danas portal Radar. Odbor je tu kaznu utvrdio na sednici održanoj 24. aprila, kako je navedeno,”zbog kršenja člana 6 Kodeksa
Ekonomija | 28.05.2024 | access_time 16:45 Fotografija: Robot je prikazan na izložbi koja je predstavila inovacije i preduzetnička dostignuća među studentima sa Tehnološkog instituta u Harbinu, severoistočna kineska provincija Heilongđiang (Sinhua/Vang Song) Kineska razvojna banka (CDB), ključna banka koja podržava državnu politku u zemlji, pojačala je srednjoročnu i dugoročnu podršku finansiranju naučnih i tehnoloških preduzeća
North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in one of its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, prompting the South’s military to mobilize chemical and explosive response teams to recover objects and debris in different parts of the country. North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in
