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Comment: Women’s vulnerability during the Covid-19 pandemic
The novel coronavirus, Covid-19 has caused a disruption to our everyday lives. Governments are racing to respond to the unprecedented demand for support as the number of those affected by the pandemic soar.
Colombia strikes to go ahead without marches to avoid coronavirus
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Unions and student groups in Colombia on Friday said a strike planned for March 25 to protest against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque will go ahead but they cancelled public marches to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.
Leaders convene virtually to tackle social injustice
PETALING JAYA: Twenty-two leaders will be convening next week as part of an effort to champion “moral leadership” and tackle social injustice in Malaysia.
Permaisuri Johor: Be united in fight against Covid-19
JOHOR BARU: Permaisuri Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah (pic) has urged all Malaysians to be united in the fight against Covid-19.
Facebook, Twitter remove Russia-linked accounts in Ghana targeting U.S
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Russia stoking U.S. racial, social differences ahead of election - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this year's general election, three sources familiar with the presentations said.
In major abortion case, U.S. Supreme Court weighs curbs on doctors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the issue of abortion rights on Wednesday when it considers a challenge to a Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on doctors in a major case that could make it harder for women to obtain the procedure.
Germany reopens hate speech, gun law debates after shisha bar killings
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faced calls to toughen gun ownership laws and step up efforts to track far-right sympathisers after the suspect in one of its worst mass shootings since World War Two was found to have published a racist manifesto.
When they unite
Follow the journey of a group of women hospital cleaners fighting to form a union and get their rights at work.
Malaysia’s little-known plague fighter
HIS name is conspicuously absent from our school history books and he has never been accorded the recognition he truly deserves.