Mara Budgen
Head International Editor
The village council of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, has sentenced the 23 year old Meenakshi Kumari and her 15 year old sister to be raped and paraded naked with their faces blackened in the village’s streets. The two sisters are Dalits, members of the lowest tier of the
As one of his last acts as Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Johnson signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act in May 2015, outlawing female genital cutting (FGC) in the whole country. Nigeria is home to a quarter of the 140 million women and girls who have undergone FGC globally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1984, grew up in Texas, U.S.A., and founded Theranos in 2003 when she was only 19 years old. Many are comparing her to Silicon Valley greats like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But her field isn’t exclusively that of technology. The young American wants to change the way we get
The American flag will fly in Havana and the Cuban flag in Washington, a sight unseen since 1961. The U.S. and Cuba will once again open embassies in the respective capitals, following U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro’s groundbreaking announcement last December. This represents a watershed in relations between the
London’s ultra-iconic double decker bus is going 100% electric, the city’s Mayor Boris Johnson announced earlier this week. The bus built by Chinese car and battery manufacturer BYD will enter into service from October on Route 16, travelling from northwest London to Victoria Station. It will be the world’s first purposely-designed electric double decker bus,
The Lax Kw’alaams live not far from Canada’s border with Alaska, in the northern part of the province of British Columbia. The indigenous community has turned down an offer of $1 billion (Canadian dollars) and lands worth $108 million, i.e. $320,000 for each of the group’s members, for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export hub
La più grande operazione a livello internazionale contro i trafficanti di avorio e animali selvatici ha portato all’arresto di 300 persone.
Yesterday the EU Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of a resolution that, for the first time, explicitly acknowledges families with same-sex parents. The resolution, which tackles gender equality by setting new targets and strategies to improve women’s condition in the European Union, makes specific mention of how legislation must respond to changing family structures:
A study published by the British Journal of Nutrition and conducted by the Institute of Biological Chemistry of Urbino University highlights how the use of spices and aromatic herbs combined with raw vegetables, for example salad, amplifies the antioxidant effects of the latter. Adding spices to your aromatic salad increase antioxidant properties Antioxidants are
Vortex could represent a revolution in wind energy sector. It is still a prototype, but the Spanish startup launched a crowdfunding campaign.
