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Spain's king asks Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez to try to form a government
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Felipe VI asked Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday to try to form a new coalition government following talks with political party leaders to determine which of them had the best chance of securing majority support in parliament. Spain's...
California governor chooses labor leader and Democratic insider to fill Feinstein's Senate seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When California Gov. Gavin Newsom needed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of his late mentor Dianne Feinstein, he could have turned to a big-city mayor, a member of Congress or a powerful legislator. Instead, he chose Laphonza Butler, a former union leader and...
Selma Blair helps White House salute landmark disability legislation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair on Monday helped President Joe Biden mark the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, displaying a touch of the comedic timing that made her a star in Hollywood hits like “Legally Blonde” and...
Spain's king begins a new round of talks in search of a candidate to form government
MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI on Monday began a new round of talks with Spanish political party leaders with a view to choosing the person in the best position to gather enough support in Parliament to form the country's next government. All signs indicate that king will call on...
As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists
HONG KONG (AP) — In the last few years, China’s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese...
Thousands of women march in Latin American cities calling for abortion rights
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The streets of cities across Latin America were bathed in green Thursday as tens of thousands of women marched to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day. Latin American feminists have spent decades fighting to roll back strict prohibitions, although there...
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality said Tuesday. Sima...
Japan's Kishida unveils the gist of a new economic package as support for his government dwindles
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday unveiled the gist of his new economic package that focuses on wage increases and measures to soften the impact of rising prices. Support for his Cabinet has dwindled despite the latest reshuffle less than two weeks ago. ...
`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly. “The idea of the hysterical woman trope really does persist today,” the soprano said ahead...
On 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King's 'Battle of the Sexes' win, a push to honor her in Congress
NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King's victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby Riggs — still the most-watched in tennis history — King moved...
