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On International Day of the Girl Child, end pink tax
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On International Day of the Girl Child, end pink tax

Girls are brilliant, creative, powerful and strong. We are world change-makers.there are 600 million girls in the world today and nearly 4 billion women. Together, we make up almost half of the world's population. Imagine a global society in which everyone values ​​the ideas, talents, leadership and contributions of girls and women. Instead, we have historically been undervalued, feared and face an abundance of stigma, ironically, because our bodies have the power to create life.In 2011, the United Nations adopted a resolution to declare Oct. 11 the International Day of the Girl Child “to recognize girls' rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.” The first celebration was held 10 years ago.500 million experience period povertyIn honor of International Day of th...
Delta customers will soon be able to take electric vehicle to airport
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Delta customers will soon be able to take electric vehicle to airport

Travelers flying with Delta Air Lines will soon have a new way to get to the airport. The company is partnering with Joby Aviation to offer transfers to and from airports on its electric aircraft.Delta will begin offering the service in New York and Los Angeles in the next couple of years."Delta always looks forward and embraces opportunities to lead the future, and we've found in Joby a partner that shares our pioneering spirit and commitment to delivering innovative, seamless experiences that are better for our customers, their journeys, and our world," Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a Tuesday news release. "This is a groundbreaking opportunity for Delta to deliver a time-saving, uniquely premium home-to-airport solution for customers in key markets we've been investing and innovating...
Herschel Walker may be lying about an ex-girlfriend’s abortion.  Does it matter?
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Herschel Walker may be lying about an ex-girlfriend’s abortion. Does it matter?

Herschel Walker, a Republican candidate for the US Senate, is almost certainly lying about not pressing a former girlfriend to have an abortion. (Republican National Committee)Herschel Walker, the Republican former football star running for a Georgia Senate seat who supports a total ban on abortion, denies he pressured a former girlfriend to have an abortion, which he paid for. He's almost certainly lying.The allegations are easy to believe while his rambling, often contradictory, denials are not. The Daily Beast, which broke the story, says it can document the anonymous woman's claim with, among other things, a $700 check from Walker. We've already seen the “get well” card — written in Walker's handwriting, according to his own son by him.Given that Walker has so many demons and ske...
Latino student population in the US is booming. Are schools prepared?
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Latino student population in the US is booming. Are schools prepared?

In late September in El Paso, Texas, residents of the Chamizal barrio and mothers Cemelli de Atzlan and Hilda Villegas held a vigil. They were mourning what they consider a crisis in barrio schools: pandemic disruptions, a shortage of teachers, the lack of culturally sensitive or dual-language programming, overcrowding and historical neglect. The women, leaders of the group Familias Unidas por la Educación and the group of about 40 who met outside of Bowie High School were upset about what they say is a failure of local and federal leadership to invest in the schools in their border town.“Our fear is what’s going to happen to our children. You added two to three years to the loss of education. What is the future of the 2,000 to 3,000 kids in the barrio?” Villegas said in an interview. T...
Supreme Court hears pork industry’s challenge to California animal welfare law
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Supreme Court hears pork industry’s challenge to California animal welfare law

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the pork industry’s challenge to a California animal welfare law that would forbid confining breeding pigs in narrow metal cages for most of their lives.At issue are two broad questions: Can one state can enforce regulations within its borders that will force businesses in other states to change their practices? And can voters insist on standards of morality and decency that include the humane treatment of animals?In 2018, 63% of California voters approved Proposition 12, a ballot measure to prohibit the sale of eggs or meat that originate from the extreme confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding pigs or calves raised for veal. The law was due to take full effect this year.While some of the largest meat packers, including Hormel and ...
‘Proof I was there’: every Japanese American incarcerated in second world war finally named |  California
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‘Proof I was there’: every Japanese American incarcerated in second world war finally named | California

KAnji Sahara was eight when his family was uprooted from their home in Los Angeles. It was 1942 and the family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, was forcibly sent to live in barracks and horse stables – and eventually, War Relocation Authority camps, where they stayed until the end of the second world war. he would later recall standing behind a fence, watching people across the street go about their day, wondering why life was normal for them but not for him.Sahara is now 88, and last month, he was among hundreds of people who visited the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo for the installation ceremony of a new exhibit dedicated to those who suffered a similar fate.The highlight of the exhibit is the Ireichō, a sacred book of name...
Feijóo assures that Sánchez promised to reform the CGPJ election system
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Feijóo assures that Sánchez promised to reform the CGPJ election system

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, during an act in Madrid. The leader of the PP sees the agreement with the Government "possible" and insists on the need for the judges "to have weight in the election of judges in the future"Alberto Núñez Feijóo was optimistic on Tuesday regarding the possibility that the talks with the Government to unblock the renewal of the Judiciary, resumed after his meeting with Pedro Sánchez, will now come to a "successful term." The leader of the PP sees "possibilities" that the agreement crystallizes after he left Moncloa with the commitment of the President of the Government to reform the system of election of the members of the Council. “What did we improve yesterday? First, that the Government calls us to talk about the renewal, that it accept that this is not about ...
J.D. Vance backs “national standard” for abortions
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J.D. Vance backs “national standard” for abortions

J.D. Vance, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Ohio, said he was "totally fine" with "some minimum national standard" of abortion restrictions, during a debate on Monday night.Vance, a venture capitalist and the author of Hillbilly Elegy, made the comments during a contentious first debate against Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan. The pair are facing off for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman.During the debate, Ryan said he supports codifying the abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade, which was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in late June.And he sought to paint Vance as an extremist on abortion."We read at least a couple [of] articles every week of young people underage girls who have been raped, or women who have had significant problems with their p...
Truck driver fined for ‘scratching’ his back while driving
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Truck driver fined for ‘scratching’ his back while driving

The fine they gave the trucker. The transporter, who works for a Ciudad Real company, was caught on a highway in TeruelJML Real city Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 11:49 “Driving without the diligence, caution and non-distraction necessary to avoid any damage to yourself or others. He drives scratching his back with a fork, completely disregarding permanent attention to driving. This is the reason why a carrier from Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real) has been fined by the Civil Traffic Guard in the province of Teruel, on the A-23 motorway. This is indicated by the report that the agents filled out after catching the tr...
Biden brokers breakthrough maritime deal between Israel and Lebanon
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Biden brokers breakthrough maritime deal between Israel and Lebanon

(VIENNA) — The Biden administration has successfully brokered a deal between warring states Israel and Lebanon delineating maritime boundaries, allowing gas extraction from a key field in the eastern Mediterranean.  Amos Hochstein, the State Department’s senior adviser for energy security, brokered the deal over a year of negotiations, shuttling between Israel and Lebanon on text that satisfied both countries’ economic and security needs.  Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday said that Israel and Lebanon had “reached a historic agreement” “Tomorrow I will assemble the political-security cabinet followed by a government meeting. The draft agreement fully complies with the principles presented by Israel in the security and economic fields,” he tweeted. “This ...