James Gibson, CEO of Void Technologies, takes the pen to talk entrepreneurialism, staying sane in the capital, and reducing plastic pollution.
A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
Life expectancy for women in Derry and Strabane’s most deprived areas is now 78 years – 3.5 years less than the Local Government District average (81.5 years). DoH’s latest ‘Health Inequalities Annual Report 2024’ indicates life expectancy for poorer women has declined from 78.1 years. For poorer men life expectancy, by contrast, increased from 71.1 years to 71.6 years. Male life expectancy in Derry and Strabane’s most deprived areas, however, was 5.9 years less than the LGD average (77.5...
As diplomats search for a deal to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine environmentAs our small fishing boat slows to a halt in a shallow bay south-east of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, in the Galápagos Islands, a green turtle surfaces next to us, followed by a second, then a third a few metres away. A spotted eagle ray glides underneath the vessel.The skipper, Don Nelson, steps on to the black volcanic...
Denounced as giving a ‘veneer of legality to slaveholding’ and despite claims of reform, kafala laws persist, allowing bosses to abuse women, who vanish from society. This is their testimony, gathered over two years in a Guardian investigationCondemned as dangerous and abusive, the kafala labour system not only disregards migrant workers’ rights but depends on exploitation. But 10 years after Qatar was advised by the UN to abolish kafala (“sponsorship”) entirely and replace it with a regulated...
Kelly Clarkson got emotional recalling her own difficulties with her pregnancies, claiming that the recent Arizona Supreme Court decision to uphold pro-life legislation "can literally kill" someone.
Abortion bans in more than a dozen states, as well as recent pro-life rulings in Arizona and Florida, make it significantly harder for women to get abortions in much of the country, saving babies’ lives.
TO his friends and family, Mark Brown was a mild-mannered building worker with a long-term partner. But in reality the dad of one was a sadistic double murderer with a taste for extreme violence, w
Jessica Alves is to release a comic book about her life and her transition from male to female.
Dr Liz O'Riordan (pictured) has been floored by depression since her first cancer diagnosis. She was drawn to an article in a medical journal that said depression 'significantly impacts' survival rates.
Written By: Hakim Bigzaad The United Nations Women’s Section has released a report stating that the majority of the victims of the Herat earthquake were women and children, with a focus on women in their aid efforts. This institution, which recently elaborated on its assistance to earthquake victims in Herat, emphasized that 58% of the […]
Lore’l, Elle Varner, Eboni K Williams and Melyssa Ford unpack “masculine women” on “Listen To Black Women.”