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Iranian singer who urged women to go without hijab is lashed over alcohol conviction

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol

ABC News - 3d

Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face imminent return after USAID cuts

US aid funding enabled the women to study in Oman - but their scholarships have been abruptly terminated.

BBC News - 2d

Former Ride-Share Driver Sentenced to 290 Years in Assaults of a Dozen Women

John Pastor-Mendoza, a Lyft driver, falsely posed as the ride that the women had requested and targeted victims who appeared intoxicated, the Denver district attorney said.

The New York Times - 2d

'Size bias is ingrained in our culture': Women on life after weight-loss jabs

Women who have quickly lost weight say strangers are now more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation.

BBC News - 1d

Watch: 'You can't skate - you're too old' - the woman who took up skateboarding aged 61

Meet the mums who are on a mission to make skate boarding more accessible for older women.

BBC News - 2d

Women’s college basketball power rankings: Who are NCAA Tournament title contenders?

For most of the season, the goal of these power rankings has been to combine an evaluation of a team’s performance in the moment with its resume to date. I’m often reluctant to be too reactive to ...

Yahoo Sports - 10h

Women’s college basketball conference tournaments: Who will earn overall No. 1 NCAA seed?

Power conference teams are padding (or hurting) their resumes with championship games on Sunday. The ACC, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 will crown a winner with Selection Sunday looming a week away. ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

For Black Women, Adrienne Adams Is More Than Just Another Candidate

The New York City Council speaker, who officially launched her mayoral campaign on Saturday, would be the first woman to lead City Hall.

The New York Times - 1d

Protests on International Women's Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence

Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women

ABC News - 2d

Trish Costello is Harnessing the Financial Power of Women

Trish Costello is the founder and C.E.O. of Portfolia, a women-focused investment platform that is fueling health care innovations aimed at improving women’s lives.

The New York Times - 3d

Remains of woman murdered by serial killer found at landfill

Morgan Harris was one of the Indigenous women slain by Jeremy Skibicki, who is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted of four murders last year.

CBS News - 10h

Zelensky urges tougher sanctions on Russia as airstrikes continue

Yahoo News - 2d

Arizona State fires women's hoops coach Adair

Arizona State has fired women's basketball coach Natasha Adair after three seasons of not making the NCAA tournament.

ESPN - 2d

BYU's Whiting out as women's basketball coach

BYU women's basketball coach Amber Whiting is out after three sub-.500 seasons with the Cougars.

ESPN - 2d

Aging Women’s Brain Mysteries Are Tested in Trio of Studies

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s.

The New York Times - 5d

A Lebanese Woman Fights for Women’s Rights in the Middle East

Lina Abou-Habib is fighting inequality, working to change laws that make it difficult for women to keep custody of their children and block residency for children in a mother’s home country.

The New York Times - 3d

Bueckers, Watkins lead women's Wooden ballot

UConn's Paige Bueckers, USC's JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo headline the top 15 women's players on the ballot for the John R. Wooden Award.

ESPN - 1d

Activists open abortion center in front of Polish parliament on Women's Day

Polish abortion rights activists have opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other women

ABC News - 2d

International Women's Day protests demand equal rights, end to discrimination

International Women's Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world.

CBS News - 2d

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.

Wired - 3d

Trump says he sent a letter to Iran urging negotiations on nuclear weapons

"There are two ways Iran can be handled, militarily or you make a deal. I would prefer to make a deal," Trump told Fox host Maria Bartiromo.

ABC News - 3d

Health Secretary to Meet With Major Food Brand Executives

The White House has urged cabinet members to meet with industry leaders.

Inc. - 20h

Ireland urged to ‘wake up’ as Trump exposes economic reliance on the US

Economy faces ‘frog in a pot’ problem unless infrastructure and innovation improve urgently

Financial Times - 15h

Trump urged to appoint N Ireland envoy amid US investment ‘concern’

Lawmakers call on president to continue tradition of sending an emissary to the region

Financial Times - 11h

Nobel laureates urge frozen Russian funds to be used for Ukraine

Yahoo News - 4h

Labour has moral duty to get sick into work, MPs say

Ministers are urged the tackle the "crisis of economic inactivity", in a letter from Labour MPs.

BBC News - 51m

Taliban insist Afghan women's rights are protected as UN says bans cannot be ignored

The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected

ABC News - 2d

2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament: Conference dates, tv times, winners, automatic bids, where to watch

Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 women's conference tournaments

CBS Sports - 8h

Female students mark International Women's day by leading protests in Serbia against corruption

Female students have marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the country

ABC News - 2d

UCLA, South Carolina move atop women's Top 25

UCLA vaulted back up to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday after beating USC for the Big Ten title over the weekend.

ESPN - 4h

Celebrations and protests in the US and around the world mark International Women’s Day

From Istanbul and Warsaw to New York and Los Angeles, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violence. Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark ...

The Guardian - 2d

A resort entirely staffed and run by women in Sri Lanka seeks to break gender barriers

Sri Lanka has opened its first resort that's entirely operated and managed by women

ABC News - 2d

These are the 10 best countries for working women—the U.S. isn't in the top 10: 'It really should be doing better,' expert says

The Economist compared working conditions for women across the 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

CNBC - 2d

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