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‘My role was to be a truthful witness’: photographer Jack Lueders-Booth’s Polaroids of American female prisoners
In the 1970s, the photographer began teaching in a progressive US women’s prison and made moving portraits of many of the inmates. Looking back, he sees how many of them actually felt safer in prison. In 1970, aged 35, Jack Lueders-Booth left a ...The Guardian - World -
Los Angeles unleashes a new weapon in its fight against mosquitoes: More mosquitoes
An aggressive mosquito species has moved into Los Angeles. So officials are releasing thousands of sterile mosquitoes in bid to fight them.NBC News - Top stories -
Bitterly divided Garrick Club prepares to vote on female membership again
Tuesday’s debate on whether the existing rules do not in fact bar women comes amid rising resignations and threats. In May 1924, the Manchester Guardian revealed a “recent innovation in the Garrick Club to admit ladies to one of its rooms” meant ...The Guardian - World -
Afghanistan's only female diplomat resigns in India after gold smuggling allegations
An Afghan diplomat in India who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and says she was the only woman in the country’s diplomatic service has resignedABC News - World - India -
Former female trainee in Royal Marines says sexual assault was dismissed as ‘high jinks’
Marines ‘want to protect the chain of command’, she says. ‘They don’t want to protect women’. When Isabel became a trainee for the Royal Marines band, she thought she was fulfilling a childhood dream. But within a few weeks the 18-year-old found ...The Guardian - World -
Palestinian doctor dies in Israeli prison
Israeli authorities said they were investigating the death of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh.BBC News - Top stories - Israel