Global gender gap could take 134 years to close — but 2024 elections offer hope, WEF says
The 2024 bumper election year presents a unique opportunity to make progress in closing the global gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum.
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The 2024 bumper election year presents a unique opportunity to make progress in closing the global gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum.
KUALA LUMPUR: Seven elected representatives from Malaysia’s opposition party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) have been sacked after they failed to retract their support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
This is pushing many of us who were educated and worked in the West to turn our eyes away from the Western media and seek news from media outlets in the East.
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -- President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.
Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was found guilty on three felony counts of lying on a federal firearms application. The verdict is a personal blow to President Biden as he enters the final months of his re-election campaign.
WILMINGTON, Delaware: President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury on Tuesday (Jun 11) of lying about his drug use to buy a gun illegally, a verdict Democrats may seize upon to counter Donald Trump’s claim of a justice system weaponised against him. A 12-member jury in Wilmington, Delaware, federal court found the defendant guilty on all three counts against him, making Hunter Biden the first child of a sitting US president to be convicted of a crime. Hunter Biden, 54, lightly nodded his head after the verdict was read but otherwise showed little reaction. He then patted his lawyer Abbe Lowell on the back and hugged another member of his legal team. He then left the courthouse without making a statement. His father, Joe Biden, issued a statement saying he accepted the outcome of the case and would respect the judicial process as his son considers an appeal. The judge set no date for sentencing but added the timeline is usually 120 days. That would place it no later than a month before the Nov 5 US presidential election.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he will not challenge the federal jury verdict finding his son Hunter Biden guilty on three criminal gun charges.
A jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning.