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'First Lady of Physics' Chien-Shiung Wu honored with US postage stamp
Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer — chances are, you know the names of these famous physicists.A new US postage stamp has been issued honoring Chien-Shiung Wu, a groundbreaking...
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Germany’s LGBTQ actors come out publicly en masse to fight discrimination
On the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of Germany's largest publications, 185 actors have come out as members of the LGBTQ community. The cover is filled with pictures and names of the...
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France’s 2nd #MeToo movement reckons with incest, child rape
France faces its second #MeToo wave as several high-profile cases of sexual assault and abuse have bubbled to the surface in recent months. This time, the movement is focused on incest and child rape...
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When it rains, it wars: Tracking intersecting security threats, Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Security threats experienced by civilians almost never crop up one by one. Instead,...
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Venezuelan migrants in the US granted temporary protected status
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The Biden administration announced Monday that it is offering temporary legal status (TPS) to hundreds of...
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Biden’s new plan for peace in Afghanistan garners mixed reactions
This week, the Biden administration put forward a power-sharing arrangement between the government in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Taliban, the details of which were leaked by TOLONews.President Joe...
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London police chief says she won't quit after vigil clashes
After coming under heavy criticism for the way police treated some protesters during a vigil, London's police commissioner on Sunday defended her officers' actions and said she didn't intend to...
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Myanmar declares martial law on deadly day
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The violence in Myanmar continues to draw widespread criticism as the South Asian country marked its...
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Putting China’s domestic violence law into practice is an uphill battle
This month marks the fifth anniversary of China’s landmark national domestic violence law. Advocates say that making it actually work for survivors of domestic abuse is an uphill battle. Related:...
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The woman who shot Benito Mussolini was forgotten for decades. Ireland wants...
Violet Gibson — a 50-year-old Irishwoman, 5-foot-1 with long, graying hair — was an unlikely assassin. On the day she shot Benito Mussolini, April 7, 1926, the Italian dictator had just spoken at an...
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Atlanta shootings come in wake of rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Shootings at three Atlanta-area spas last night left 8 people dead; six of the victims were Asian women. Police believe all shootings were committed by the same person who is in custody.The attacks...
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Asian American community on edge after deadly shooting in Atlanta
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.A white, 21-year-old man has been charged with killing eight people, including six Asian women, at several...
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Iron Dames: The all-female team racing to bring change to motor sports
A black and pink Ferrari coils and loops around the Mugello Circuit, just outside Florence, and guns across the finish line at 170 miles per hour. The roar of its engine echoes throughout the Tuscan...
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Czech Republic may offer justice, compensation to thousands of sterilized...
Irena Szomolyaova was 21 when she was sterilized without her knowledge.In 1976, while giving birth to her third child in a hospital in Chomutov, in former Czechoslovakia, a doctor asked Szomolyaova to...
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Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating...
A group of five Uyghur mothers stood next to a United Nations building in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, holding signs bearing images of their missing children. These mothers say they were separated...
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Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
Walter Isaacson has made a habit of profiling world-changers: innovators who, through their discoveries, upend the way we live. Recently, he’s been preoccupied with individuals who have unlocked what...
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Gender matters in the military
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.January marked five years since the US military opened up combat arms billets to...
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New album lifts up the voices of ostracized women in northern Ghana’s ‘witch...
Facing violence and possible death, women accused of witchcraft in Ghana have found refuge in villages in the northern part of the country.While the remote villages offer sanctuary and shelter, the...
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Gender matters in the military: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, Critical State took a deep dive into how the arrival of women in combat...
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More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
Ashleigh Talbot, a transgender woman, used to hide her identity when she worked at a customer support center in Manchester, England.Almost 80% of her colleagues were male, and the culture was very...
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