UN council ousts Iran from UN commission backing women

The U.N. Economic and Social Council has voted to immediately oust Iran from the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality

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3rd WT20I: Ellyse Perry's 75 Inspires Australia To 21-run Win Over India

Indian batting collapsed like a pack of cards under pressure as Australian women showed clinical precision to record a comfortable 21-run victory in the third T20 International, at Brabourne...

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UN Trade Body Says Slowdown In Global Trade Could Worsen Next Year

"While the outlook for global trade remains uncertain, negative factors appear to outweigh positive trends," UNCTAD said in a trade update.

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Reliance Industries Tops List Of India's Most-Visible Companies: Report

The rankings are based on Wizikey's News Score which measures news visibility for brands & individuals by analyzing the volume of news, headlines presence, and the reach of publications.

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Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

Scientists have declared on the same day that two active Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 11 The Washington Post on the bi-partisan tech privacy bill With Republicans poised to take over the House next year, a divided Congress looms. The result could be two years of partisan strife and gridlock. But between the GOP investigations and other legislative fireworks to come, there might be room to get a few things done — if lawmakers are willing to accept success. Members of Congress have spent years devising a federal tech privacy law that finally seemed close to passage this session, when Reps. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), as well as Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), presented a bipartisan compromise. The good news: The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) flew through committee 53-2 in the House. The bad: That’s where it stopped, and its chances appear slim in this Congress’s final weeks. That would mean it will be on the next Congress to pick up where its...

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Inflation is slowing, but still high. What you need to know

After reaching 40-year highs over the summer, price increases in the U.S. are now steadily easing

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Pakistan Pace Bowler Naseem Shah Out Of Third England Test

Pakistan suffered another injury blow when fast bowler Naseem Shah was ruled out on Tuesday of the third and final Test against England in Karachi this week

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Environmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest

An environmental group is petitioning federal officials to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest, where it once ranged for hundreds of thousands of years before being whittled down to just one of the big cats known to roam the region

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San Diego police officer shot multiple times during pursuit

Authorities say a San Diego police officer was shot and wounded during a pursuit and police took the suspect into custody after an hourslong standoff

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Kawanakakoa, considered last Hawaiian princess, dies at 96

Abigail Kawānanakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, died on Sunday

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NYC politician sues woman who accused him of sexual assault

A veteran New York City politician whose 2021 campaign for mayor was derailed by a decades-old sexual misconduct allegation has sued his accuser for defamation

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Ranji Trophy: Veterans Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma Look To Leave A Mark

Another season of Ranji Trophy starts with the domestic bulwarks ready to slog it out from Tuesday

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