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[ad_1] Courtney Nevin is sitting in a stiflingly hot room in an industrial estate in north London’s suburbs. It’s an odd location for England’s Women’s Super League media launch, but the 21-year-old’s mind is elsewhere.It’s mainly in Leicester, where she will soon be part of a team looking to build on last season’s improbable relegation escape. But it’s also drawn back to August in Brisbane, where she watched the Matildas’ epic penalty shoot-out against France from the bench, and a week later made her Women’s World Cup debut.Her thoughts are also drawn to Canada, where as a 13-year-old she first…

[ad_1] Responding to recommendations on enhancing the rights of sex workers made by United Nations experts this week, Carrie Eisert, Amnesty International’s policy advisor, said:  “The UN working group’s recommendation that sex workers’ rights need to be better protected in international human rights law is an important step in addressing the widespread discrimination sex workers face across the globe.  “It recommended that full decriminalization of adult voluntary sex work holds the greatest promise to address the systemic discrimination and violence sex workers frequently suffer, as well as impunity for violations of sex workers’ rights.  It recommended that full decriminalization of…

[ad_1] Zhongrong, one of China’s largest trusts, missed payments to clients in August.China’s secretive shadow banking industry includes gigantic financial institutions and is worth more than $3 trillion – that’s roughly the size of Britain’s economy. But, after years of exponential growth, several firms have defaulted on billions of dollars of payments to investors. In recent years the Chinese government has clamped down on risky lending – to limit the risk of contagion to the wider economy. Now, concern is again growing about the financial stability of shadow lenders. Elsewhere, anger is growing in Syria over a worsening economic crisis.…

[ad_1] People go to Costco for lots of different reasons but to invest money isn’t very high on the list. At least, not until now.However, the membership warehouse has begun selling a limited number of one-ounce gold bars and has found an eager market. On Costco’s quarterly earnings call this week, Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti confirmed the company is selling the precious metal on its website.“But when we load them on the site, they’re typically gone within a few hours, and we limit two per member,” Galanti said.Buying gold bars is a lot more expensive than stocking up…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., is accused of stealing the tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020, the Justice Department said in a statement. Littlejohn declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press, which also left a message for his attorney, Lisa Manning. Both organizations published numerous articles about the tax information, some of which dated back more than 15…

  by Jaevion Nelson   If we are to be honest with ourselves, we would agree that everyone knows or knows of someone in their community who has had an abortion. We know that many of these have been botched and result in serious complications to the woman because they accessed unsafe services from individuals who are not adequately trained to perform an abortion. We all grow up with these stories as children but for some strange reason, we continue to be oblivious to the need to ensure there are services for the termination of pregnancies in a safe and…

[ad_1] A brand new entertainment center recently debuted in the Garden State.Cape Square Entertainment opened its doors in Rio Grande in Cape May County on July 15. The entertainment complex is located at 3801 Route 9 in the space of a former Kmart.Cape Square Entertainment Center features 16-lane bowling alley Cape Square Bowl, a 3,000 square-foot arcade and a golf simulator. It also has Cape Square Theater, which includes eight theaters with luxury seats.Cape Square Entertainment Center in Rio Grande features a 16-lane bowling alley Cape Square Bowl, a 3,000 square-foot arcade and a golf simulator. It also has Cape…

[ad_1] Reacting to news that X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has introduced new privacy policy which allows it to collect users’ biometric data and access encrypted messages Michael Kleinman, Director of Silicon Valley Initiative at Amnesty International, said: “’Biometric’ is a broad term which relates to a person’s physical attributes and needs to be clearly explained. Even though X’s new policy asks users for their consent regarding the collection of biometric data, there is a real risk that their right to privacy will be violated. “The new policy does not clearly spell out how that data…

[ad_1] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:              On October 26th, Women’s eNews will honor ’21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ at its 22nd Annual conference in New York City. The 2022 honorees were selected due to their unbridled COURAGE by standing up to long-standing patriarchal barriers in leadership, tearing down employment obstacles for people with disabilities, and for those who have not only survived mass shootings at schools and public venues in the US, but have gone on to help other survivors and those who have lost family members to the violence.             “Women’s eNews is honored to salute these courageous individuals and organizations that have shown true…

[ad_1] Play video content material A sea lion on the Central Park Zoo made an excellent escape amid all of the flooding in New York Metropolis … swimming out of its enclosure due to rising waters. Video reveals the ocean lion on the opposite aspect of the exhibit, swimming round in brown water … which was excessive sufficient for the animal to get out of the pool. There are two different sea lions fortunately swimming across the enclosure, however one was in a position to make it over the fence … with the marine mammal is chilling in a spot…