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Half of menopausal women are less likely to try for top jobs

Half of menopausal women are less likely to try for top jobs and are not getting enough support in the workplace, research finds Those dealing with menopause are less likely to go for promotion, research says They do not get enough support in workplaces, despite some severe symptoms  Poor treatment can hamper progression and make early retirement more likely Women […]

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S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem releases national ad targeting transgender student athletes

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem released a national advertisement on Thursday promoting legislation that targets transgender youths. Without saying the word "transgender" or "trans," the ad promotes a bill that Noem, a Republican, introduced last month. The measure would prevent trans girls from playing on any female sports teams at school, including club teams.  Noem, the first woman to serve […]

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How Beijing uses its billions to buy political influence

How Beijing uses its billions to buy political influence around the world: From £685bn invested in the Commonwealth, building 5G ‘spy’ networks to ‘take-overs’ through Latin America and Africa… as China’s British ‘spy’ is revealed The Chinese government has long used its billions to buy up political influence in countries around the world  It has invested £685billion in Caribbean countries […]

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Letter from PM's Eton classics master re-emerges

‘Boris seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility’: Letter goes viral from PM’s Eton classics master re-emerges despairing about his 17-year-old pupil’s ‘effortless superiority’ The scathing report was sent from Martin Hammond to Stanley Johnson in 1982 It rapped Boris for thinking he should be free of the obligations that bind others The classics […]

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Tragic Star Hobson’s mum could see 8-year jail-term increased as ‘staggeringly soft’ sentence sent to Court of Appeal

TRAGIC Star Hobson's mum faces longer behind bars after her jail term was deemed too soft by the Attorney General. Suella Braverman has referred Frankie Smith's eight-year prison sentence to the Court of Appeal after deeming it "unduly lenient" following public backlash. Smith was jailed for eight years after being convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child. […]

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Met Police will NOT investigate Downing Street lockdown parties – unless inquiry finds criminal behaviour

THE Metropolitan Police will NOT investigate any of the Downing Street parties unless and until the Sue Gray inquiry finds evidence of criminality. Boris Johnson yesterday apologised in Parliament for attending an event at No10 during lockdown but claimed it was a "work event". The Met Police said in a statement: "Officers do not normally investigate breaches of coronavirus regulations […]

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Jamie Lynn Spears defends role in ending Britney’s conservatorship: ‘I did take the steps to help’

One week before the release of her memoir, Jamie Lynn Spears sat down for her first interview following the termination of her sister Britney Spears’ conservatorship. “I was happy,” Jamie Lynn said, regarding the end of her sister’s conservatorship last fall, while speaking with ABC News’ “Nightline” anchor Juju Chang on “Good Morning America” Wednesday. “First off, I don’t understand– […]

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Palestinian man, 80, found dead after being held in Israeli raid

(Corrects U.S. home town to Milwaukee from Chicago in paragraph 5)    By Ali Sawafta    JILJILYA, West Bank (Reuters) -An 80-year-old Palestinian man, described by his family as a U.S. citizen, was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid on a village in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials and relatives said on Wednesday.    The body of […]

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