The French scientist who created the abortion pill has died at the age of 98. Dr. Étienne-Émile Baulieu died at his home in Paris on Friday, his widow confirmed in a statement. In a post on X, French President Emmanuel Macron called Dr Baulieu “a beacon of courage” and “a progressive mind who enabled women...
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Woman Sues Zion Williamson Alleging The Pelicans Star Committed Sexual Violence Against Her
Zion Williamson is being sued by a woman describing herself as a former dating partner and who alleges the New Orleans Pelicans star committed repeated sexual violence against her. The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday night, identifies the plaintiff as “Jane Doe.” She claims she began dating Williamson in...
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Czech Justice Minister Resigns Over A Donated Bitcoin Scandal
Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal on Friday. Blažek was under fire from the opposition after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (more than $45 million) earlier this year. Blažek said that he wasn’t aware of any...
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Federal Officials To Vet Social Media Accounts Of Visa Applicants Heading To Harvard
Federal officials are set to start reviewing the social media accounts of visa applicants who plan to attend, work at or visit Harvard University for any signs of antisemitism, marking the latest development in a clash between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school. A cable sent Friday signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and...
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Guatemala Court Convicts 3 Ex-Paramilitaries Of War Crimes For Rape And Gives Them 40-Year Sentences
More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women during their efforts to crush an insurgency in the country’s 36-year civil war, a court on Friday convicted three men of crimes against humanity in the case and sentenced them to 40 years in prison. Thirty-six women from the Maya Achi Indigenous group...
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Olympic Boxing Champ Imane Khelif Must Undergo Genetic Sex Screening To Fight For New Governing Body
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport’s new governing body. World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes Friday. The governing body specifically mentioned Khelif when announcing the policy, saying the Algerian gold medal winner must be screened before she will be approved to fight...
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South Carolina Inmate Chooses To Die By Lethal Injection Amid Concerns About Firing Squad
South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the last person in the state who was killed by a firing squad. Stanko, who set to die June 13, had a choice among firing squad,...
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A Palestinian Describes 15 Minutes Of Terror Trying To Get Food In The New Gaza Distribution System
Shehada Hijazi woke at dawn. It was his best chance, he thought, to get his hands on a package of food at a new distribution site run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of others, equally desperate to feed their hungry families, had the same idea. By the time Hijazi walked...
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Financial Times Endorses Tinubu’s Bold Economic Reform Agenda:
By Chief Okoi Obono-Obla The Financial Times, a highly respected British daily newspaper known for its focus on business and economic affairs, has published a seminal editorial praising the ambitious and audacious economic reform agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Titled Nigeria’s Shocking Therapy, the editorial acknowledges the bold reforms implemented by Tinubu since assuming...
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Atiku Counters Tinubu Administration’s Achievement, Reveals Opposition Coalition Will Challenge His Excesses And Return Government Back To The People
As against the 40 major milestones of president Bola Tinubu published by the presidency on Thursday, the former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar argued that the ruling government has failed the people. Abubakar submitted in a statement on X that the present administration is the worst as it deepened poverty across the country, deprived...