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Ditcheva first British woman to win MMA world title as Loughnane beaten

Dakota Ditcheva superbly stops Taila Santos in the second round to win the PFL flyweight title and become the first British woman to win an MMA world title.

The U.K. Conservative party's new leader is the first Black woman to lead a major British party

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

British businessman to remain in custody on charge of killing Indonesian woman in Hong Kong

A British businessman will be kept in custody after being charged with murder over the death of an Indonesian woman at a Hong Kong park

World - ABC News - November 1

Parents 'devastated' over British woman's death in suspected Laos poisoning

Simone White died in Laos after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol.

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

World - ABC News - November 2

Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First

“I try to prepare customers not to expect the same pet all over again. The new pet is not going to know who you are right off the bat.”

Tech - Wired - November 4

Randall becomes first woman, LGBTQ person to represent Washington's 6th district

Democrat Emily Randall was projected to win her bid for Washington’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday, making history as the first woman and openly LGBTQ person elected to represent the district ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles become first woman to hold position

President-elect Donald Trump announced Susie Wiles will be his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold that position. CBS News campaign reporter Jake Rosen reports on how the former ...

Thai woman sentenced to death for cyanide poisoning in first of 14 murder trials

Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn is accused of swindling thousands from victims before killing them. A Thai woman alleged to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom’s history has been convicted and ...

World - The Guardian - November 20

Kamala Harris could make history as America’s first woman president: What do women think about it?

CNBC Make It spoke with women across the U.S. about the issues influencing their vote and the possibility of having the first-ever female president.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Trump selects Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, first woman ever in the role

As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in office, Trump announced Thursday that he has selected his campaign manager Susie Wiles to be his White House chief of staff. Wiles ...

Canada's first woman armed forces chief: 'I can’t believe we have to justify women in combat'

HALIFAX – The first woman to head Canada’s armed forces pushed back on renewed debate over women serving in combat roles related to President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, calling it a ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

The British government’s Trump dilemmas

Relations with both the US and EU are now called into question

Business - Financial Times - November 11

Mexico hits back as Trump’s tariff threat shakes markets

President Claudia Sheinbaum hints at retaliation and says US southern neighbour is tackling migrant and drug problem

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

British farming needs a clearer future

A furore over inheritance tax is obscuring more fundamental questions

World - Financial Times - November 5

Manchester’s lessons for other British cities

Howard Bernstein transformed a city on its knees

World - Financial Times - November 14

Budget protests: the transformation of British farming

Data shows the deep structural changes to the sector since inheritance tax reforms were introduced

World - Financial Times - November 19

Iran says woman detained after undressing released without charge

Ahoo Daryaei was released from a psychiatric ward into the care of her family, Iranian authorities say.

Man guilty of 'vulnerable' woman's murder

Paul Irwin will be sentenced in December for killing Tiffany Render, who bled to death.

Woman donates kidney to twin sister

Linda Thomas survived cancer, but the treatment left her kidneys severely weakened. Her twin sister, Karen Rodman, donated a kidney and, thanks to their identical DNA, Thomas didn't even need to ...

British aerospace pioneer Reaction Engines collapses into administration

Group’s demise is a challenge for several F1 racing teams which use its cooling technology in engines supplied by Mercedes-Benz

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Sugar Rationing Lowered Diabetes and Hypertension in British Children

British data shows that children conceived and born during a period of sugar rationing were less likely to develop diabetes or high blood pressure later in life.

Health - The New York Times - October 31

British farmers have nothing left to give

The Budget’s new IHT measures demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of how our agriculture works

World - Financial Times - November 3

British couple missing in Spanish floods found dead

Terry and Don Turner from Staffordshire are found dead in their car after going missing last week.

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