‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
This is just one way that the de facto authorities have restricted women and girls’ fundamental rights. Today, Afghanistan has the second largest gender gap in the world after Yemen.…
In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds have been reached in Gaza: plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition. Famine has not…
Lyme disease risk rises as deer ticks spread across US regions this season
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lyme disease is prevalent this time of year, especially in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and upper-Midwest regions of the U.S. — though there…
Wall street utility takeovers may mean higher bills ahead
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As data centers multiply across the United States, energy demand is increasing at a rapid pace. This has not escaped the notice…
Judges question Stephen Miller’s target of 3,000 immigration arrests a day
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s call for Homeland Security to arrest 3,000 unauthorized immigrants a day took center stage at a federal appeals court Monday, where the…
New emojis are dropping on your device soon
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Humans have been communicating with pictures since the days of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today, that tradition lives on in one of the…
Trump sets new record for criminal prosecutions of illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration to the U.S. has long been treated mostly as a civil affair rather than a criminal matter, with the consequence being deportation rather than conviction and jail time.…
CVS Caremark drops Zepbound for Wegovy on preferred drug list, patients must switch
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some patients taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have been forced to switch to a different medication due to a change in…
Donald Trump says he’s reducing 50-day deadline for Russia to make Ukraine deal
President Trump said Monday he was setting a new deadline of 10 to 12 days for Russia to make a deal to end its war on Ukraine, increasing pressure on…
UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian conflict at ‘breaking point,’ urges push for two-State solution
Addressing the high-level conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution, Mr. Guterres delivered a stark message about the urgency of…