From the 1960s, Mladkova bought works by modern Czech artists suffering under Moscow's rule and organised exhibitions and scholarships for them. "One of the most remarkable women of our modern history, an extraordinary personality... Meda Mladkova ...

The FairBreak Invitational, featuring England captain Heather Knight, West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor and Pakistan's Sana Mir, opens on Wednesday accompanied by calls for better funding for the sport. Women's cricket has emerged as a marketing ...

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Human Rights Watch on Tuesday said there was "compelling evidence" that Russian paramilitary troops were committing serious rights abuses and killing civilians in the Central African Republic.

According to the draft majority opinion obtained by news outlet Politico, the top US court is poised to overturn the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrined the right to abortion in the United States. Squaring off on either side of the whit...

Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, fanned international tensions and even contributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a media watchdog warned Tuesday. 

Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced the launch of "national dialogue" to help resolve a political crisis following his controversial power grab, but excluding critical opposition groups. 

France’s traditional conservative party Les Républicains (LR) was humiliated in last month’s presidential elections, squeezed between the biggest voting blocs on the centre right and far right. Now LR’s leading figures are rowing over the pro...

The Climate Council non-profit group issued the report after storms and floods battered Australia's east coast in February-March this year, and following the 2019-20 "Black Summer" bushfires that killed 33 people as well as an estimated tens of mil...

Reporters Without Borders said democratic societies are increasingly fractured by social media spreading disinformation and more opinion media pursuing a so-called "Fox News model", referring to the controversial right-wing television network in the...

More than 200 civilians are still holed up with fighters in a huge steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, city mayor Vadym Boichenko said on Tuesday, adding that a further 100,000 civilians remain stranded in the port city. The...

For two decades, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ranked countries and territories around the world by how free their press is. Hong Kong, a regional media hub for both international and local media, has been steadily slipp...

Here is how the original 1973 court case played out. Right to privacy On January 22, 1973, the court decided that the constitutional right to privacy applied to abortion. Roe was "Jane Roe," a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey, a single mother pregnant...

The only woman in a field of 10 candidates, Robredo is the last obstacle to the Marcos family regaining the presidency they lost in 1986 following a popular uprising. But this time, the former lawyer and economist faces a much bigger gap with Marco...