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• Foto 'arretrata' stroncata per l'esibizione di patriarcato, segnalando che 'le voci delle donne non contano nel plasmare l'ordine globale' • Al momento dell'incontro tra Donald Trump e Xi Jinping presso la Grande Sala del Popolo di Pechino, giovedì, l'evento bilaterale aveva già presentato tutto il pompa e il cerimoniale previsti: un'esibizione meticolosamente coreografata di soldati cinesi, bambini che sventolavano bandiere americane e cinesi, e file di alti funzionari e dei principali dirigenti aziendali degli USA. • Conspicuousmente assenti al tavolo, tuttavia, erano le donne di entrambe le delegazioni: un'immagine netta che ha rapidamente attirato le critiche degli osservatori, che l'hanno interpretata come un'inequivocabile dimostrazione di potere patriarcale. Continua a leggere...

È in corso un'indagine per capire come le donne siano finite in acqua, ma non vi sono prove che suggeriscano un atto criminale. • La polizia ritiene di aver identificato le tre donne i cui corpi sono stati recuperati dal mare al largo della spiaggia di Brighton. • La polizia del Sussex ha dichiarato che i parenti sono stati informati, ma non sarebbe opportuno renderne pubblici i nomi finché il processo di identificazione formale non sarà completato. Continua a leggere...

• Il programma di basket femminile della University at Buffalo ha annunciato l'ingaggio di Asia Wilson, proveniente da Holy Cross; l'atleta, originaria di Rochester, NY, ha tre anni di idoneità rimanenti. • Wilson ha disputato 27 partite con Holy Cross nel 2025-26, aiutando i Crusaders a ottenere 23 vittorie, un campionato Patriot League e un posto nel torneo NCAA. • L'aggiunta di Wilson rafforza il roster di Buffalo, mentre il programma punta a consolidare i successi recenti e a competere a un livello più alto.

La polizia del Sussex afferma che gli agenti stanno lavorando per identificare le donne e capire cosa sia accaduto loro • I corpi di tre donne sono stati recuperati dal mare al largo di Brighton, ha dichiarato la polizia del Sussex. • La forza di polizia ha riferito che i servizi di emergenza sono stati chiamati mercoledì verso le 5:45 del mattino a causa di preoccupazioni per l'incolumità di tre donne in mare al largo di Brighton. Continua a leggere...

• Una campagna durata decenni, alimentata dalle prospettive delle pazienti, ha portato al passaggio da PCOS – un nome che ha causato confusione e sofferenze indebite – a PMOS • Dopo più di un decennio di consultazioni globali, la sindrome dell'ovaio policistico (PCOS) – una condizione che colpisce una donna su otto – ha cambiato nome. • Il disturbo ormonale, che si stima riguardi 170 milioni di donne in tutto il mondo, sarà ora noto come sindrome ovarica metabolica poliendocrina (PMOS). Continua a leggere...

• La Corea del Nord ha travolto la Thailandia per 6-0 nei quarti di finale l'11 maggio presso il Taihu Football Sports Center di Suzhou, in Cina, mantenendo un record perfetto di 4 partite, 27 gol segnati e 0 subiti. • La Corea del Nord, campione in carica, affronterà ora la Cina nelle semifinali del 14 maggio, e il vincitore passerà alla finale del 17 maggio presso il Suzhou Sports Center Stadium. • La loro corsa dominante, definita 'spaventosa' dagli osservatori, li posiziona come favoriti per un posto alla Coppa del Mondo e mette in mostra la potenza offensiva della loro squadra giovanile.

• Le CommBank Junior Matildas hanno battuto il Vietnam 2-0 nei quarti di finale dell'AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, assicurandosi la loro prima qualificazione in assoluto per la Coppa del Mondo FIFA U-17 femminile 2026. • La vittoria storica porta l'Australia alle semifinali contro il Giappone il 14 maggio. • Questo traguardo rappresenta una svolta per il calcio femminile giovanile australiano sulla scena mondiale.

• L'India sfiderà la Cina nei quarti di finale dell'AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup il 10 maggio 2026 alle 17:00 IST; la squadra vincitrice si qualificherà per la U17 World Cup. • La partita sarà trasmessa in diretta sul canale YouTube dell'AFC Asian Cup, mettendo in luce il talento delle giovani calciatrici indiane contro la potenza regionale della Cina. • Questo scontro è cruciale poiché determinerà il rappresentante dell'Asia per il torneo mondiale giovanile, dopo la solida prestazione dell'India nella fase a gironi, inclusa la vittoria contro il Libano.

Kawsar Ahmad, 53 anni, nota anche come Abbas, e sua figlia Zeinab Ahmad, 31 anni, non hanno presentato istanze durante la breve udienza Segui il nostro blog live sulle notizie dall'Australia per gli ultimi aggiornamenti Ricevi la nostra email con le ultime notizie, l'app gratuita o il podcast quotidiano Due donne australiane, accusate di reati di schiavitù commessi presumibilmente mentre vivevano sotto il dominio dello Stato Islamico in Siria, sono comparse davanti a un tribunale di Melbourne. Kawsar Ahmad, 53 anni, nota anche come Abbas, e sua figlia Zeinab Ahmad, 31 anni, sono state arrestate giovedì all'aeroporto di Melbourne da agenti del team congiunto antiterrorismo del Victoria. Continua a leggere...

• La Asian Football Confederation (AFC) spera di tenere separate la politica dallo sport in occasione della semifinale di AFC Women's Champions League tra club femminili di Corea del Nord e Corea del Sud, che si terrà il 20 maggio presso lo stadio di Suwon, a 30 km a sud di Seoul. • La partita è fissata per le ore 19:00 ora locale e vedrà le due squadre coreane affrontarsi in un incontro ad alta tensione. • I funzionari dell'AFC hanno sottolineato l'importanza di mantenere l'attenzione sul calcio nonostante le tensioni storiche tra le due nazioni divise.

• India clinched their first-ever ICC Women's ODI World Cup title on Sunday in Navi Mumbai, defeating South Africa by 52 runs after posting 299 runs. • Shafali Verma starred with 87 runs off 78 balls and took 2 wickets, while Deepti Sharma claimed a five-wicket haul to bowl out South Africa for 246 in 45.3 overs. • The historic victory marks a milestone for Indian women's cricket, boosting its global profile amid growing investments in the sport.

• Australia's CommBank Joeys beat India 4-0 in their opening match of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2026 on May 6, 2026, at King Abdullah Sports City Training Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. • Goals came from Becvinovski (4'), Court (30' penalty), Demuth (74'), and Oliveira (86'), with kick-off at 7:00pm local time. • The emphatic victory positions Australia strongly to advance from the group stage and qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026.

Scores of women have told how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum for an awareness campaignWomen have had to undergo major emergency surgery, including a hysterectomy, when medical staff failed to detect they had a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy.Scores of women have come forward to tell their stories of how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) since the launch in February of a campaign to raise awareness among NHS staff and mothers-to-be of the dangers it poses. Continue reading...

• India retained their top position in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings with 275 points, following their title defense in the 2026 T20 World Cup hosted in India and Sri Lanka. • Australia held first place in the Women's T20I Rankings, with their lead over England reduced to 12 points; in men's, India's lead over England narrowed to 13 points. • USA climbed to 13th in men's rankings by overtaking Netherlands and Scotland, while Nepal rose to 17th ahead of UAE, Italy to 23rd, and Germany advanced in women's rankings.

Home affairs minister says government continues to refuse to assist the group of 13, who are expected leave Syria soonThe Albanese government has confirmed that four Australian women and nine of their children who were linked to suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria are set to travel home.The group of 13 were expected to fly into Australia very soon, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rightsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US education department is investigating one of the country’s largest women’s colleges over its admittance of transgender women in another escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people.The department’s office of civil rights announced the investigation on Monday in a press release, saying the Massachusetts college could be violating federal law by “allowing biological males into women’s intimate spaces”, including dorms, bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams. Continue reading...

Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say Women will be massively underrepresented on ballot papers across the UK next week, campaigners say, with research revealing that almost twice as many men as women are standing as candidates across the local, mayoral and devolved elections.Democracy campaigners say men of all political stripes are likely to dominate local government, with women’s views on issues from social care to bin collections sidelined by the huge gap between the numbers of male and female candidates. Continue reading...

Students taking part in university’s annual ritual say images of them in swimwear are being published without consent in national newspapersWhen the sun rises at dawn on Friday, hundreds of St Andrews University students will brave the chilly North Sea for the annual May Dip, an undergraduate ritual said to bring good luck in exams. But the students won’t be alone at the beach. In recent years this quirky ritual has become a target for agency and freelance photographers looking to cash in on images of students in bikinis, including some who camp out overnight on the East Sands dunes near the Fife coastal path.“It ruined my night,” said Anna, one of the students whose photo appeared in a spread published by the Scotsman. “Now when I think about that May Dip, I think about that image, and that’s it.” Continue reading...

Exclusive: Cambridge research finds socioenvironmental stressors may influence body’s ability to function healthily in pregnancyStress from racism and deprivation could explain why black women are more likely to die during childbirth, a study has found.Researchers reviewed 44 existing studies that examined three physiological pathways associated with worse pregnancy outcomes: oxidative stress, inflammation, and uteroplacental vascular resistance, and found black women had higher levels of the three metrics. Continue reading...

Repatriation attempt comes after group was turned around when leaving camp in February. Albanese government says it’s not assisting cohortGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour Australian women and nine of their children and grandchildren have left al-Roj camp in north-east Syria, seeking to return to Australia.The group is reportedly travelling across Syria by road to the capital Damascus, under the control of the Syrian government. Continue reading...

Georgia players celebrated championship at White HousePresident shakes hands of men, not women in videoFormer tennis star Navratilova leads criticismA White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the female athletes by lining up in front of them.The University of Georgia women’s tennis team was one of several collegiate teams to visit the White House on Wednesday to mark a recent championship win. In a photo shared by press aide Margo Martin, a group of six men, including Donald Trump, took up the front row of a stage setup, with 11 women standing in the background largely obscured. Continue reading...

Asa Ellerup said Rex Heuermann confessed to killing multiple women in their basement while she was awayThe convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer who recently pleaded guilty to seven murders confessed to his ex-wife that he had killed multiple women in the basement of their home while she was away, a new documentary reveals.In a teaser clip released on Tuesday to promote Peacock’s The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets, Asa Ellerup said her ex-husband, Rex Heuermann, told her he killed eight women without hesitation. That was the case, though he was only formally charged with – and pleaded guilty to – seven. Continue reading...

Cerina Fairfax in Virginia and Nancy Metayer in Florida were also killed by their husbands, yet deaths of Black women are least likely to garner calls for policy changeOn Sunday, eight children were shot and killed in the deadliest US mass shooting in nearly two years. The gunman was the father of seven of the deceased children and the cousin of another.Three others were shot and injured: the shooter’s wife, with whom he shared four children, the mother of his other three children, and a 13-year-old boy. Continue reading...

Opposition accuses Narendra Modi government of using quotas as cover for redrawing electoral mapThe Indian government has failed to pass a bill to increase female representation in parliament after being accused of using the plan as a guise to redraw the country’s electoral map.It was the first time in 12 years in power that a constitutional amendment proposed by Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government was not passed by parliament. Continue reading...

Legislation will expunge convictions and end prosecution of women who terminate their pregnanciesLegislation to pardon women who have been convicted of illegal abortions has passed its final parliamentary hurdle, paving the way for a landmark change in the law.The amendment to the crime and policing bill, which will also expunge the police records of those arrested and investigated over illegal abortions, was considered in the House of Lords during a phase of parliamentary ping-pong, where a bill passes back and forth between the Lords and Commons. Continue reading...

The magazine company is also shuttering some editions of Allure, Glamour and Wired deemed to be unprofitableCondé Nast is planning to shutter Self, its women’s health magazine, after 47 years.In a memo published on the magazine giant’s website on Thursday, the CEO Roger Lynch explained the decision by saying: “As audience behaviors shift, we have not seen a path for Self to continue in its current form as a digital publication.” Continue reading...

Men aged 18-29 who see religion as central rises to 42%, Gallup survey finds, compared with 30% of young womenYoung men are now more likely than young women in the US to say religion plays a major role in their lives, according to the newest findings from Gallup.Data covering 2024-2025 indicates that 42% of men ages 18 to 29 describe religion as very important to them, a significant rise from 28% in 2022-2023. In comparison, young women’s responses have remained largely unchanged over the same period, holding at roughly 30%. Continue reading...

Women using informal warning systems to protect themselves and others, comedian tells equalities committeeUK politics live – latest updatesSexual harassment and abuse on the comedy circuit has is persistent and under-reported, with protections available to women often limited or absent, a comedian has told MPs.Performers and campaigners said many female comedians are left to rely on informal warning systems to try to keep themselves safe but added that these systems can expose women to further risks. Continue reading...