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Hillary Clinton’s historic 2016 campaign highlighted the persistent barriers women face in politics. Despite winning the popular vote, she lost the presidency to Donald Trump. This moment built on the efforts of trailblazers like Victoria Woodhull and Shirley Chisholm, showing the evolving path for women in leadership roles. Hillary Clinton …

Israel’s Olympic delegation departed for Paris on Monday, according to AFP journalists, with the team of 88 athletes participating in a competition marked by controversy over the ongoing war in Gaza. Ahead of their departure, demonstrators, activists and a hard-left member of the French parliament had urged Israel’s team to …

The bodies of a couple, Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery have been discovered on a washed-up life raft nearly six weeks after they embarked on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The couple, who set off from Nova Scotia in their 13-meter (42-foot) eco-friendly yacht, …

As the new football season approaches, Premier League clubs are ramping up their preparations with a series of pre-season friendlies. These matches offer valuable opportunities for players and managers to fine-tune their tactics and integrate new signings before the competitive action begins. Several clubs have already kicked off their pre-season …

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes’ Village four days before the Games begin. “We are ready and we will be ready throughout the Games,” Macron said. “We have been working on these Games for years now …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian doctor and artist, Fola David, on his recent accomplishment of setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest painting by an individual. The course of his six-day attempt at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, David broke the previous record of 629.98 square metres, …

The Football Association have identified a “number of candidates” to replace Gareth Southgate as they search for an England manager capable of “winning a major tournament”.   Southgate resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. The end of Southgate’s eight-year reign has forced the FA …

Everton’s potential sale to the Friedkin Group will not go ahead after the Premier League club failed to reach an agreement with the American investors. Led by US billionaire Dan Friedkin, the group entered a period of exclusivity to negotiate a possible purchase on June 21. However, the Goodison Park …

A CrowdStrike update is breaking computers running Windows, causing them to crash and display the blue screen of death. Across industries, companies around the world haven’t been able to reboot, according to reports. Firms affected by the outage include Sky News, which has been unable to broadcast. Concerned users have taken …

A United States reporter who works for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for “espionage,” a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as a sham. Russia has a policy of not exchanging prisoners …