Pope Francis on Tuesday (Aug 2) appointed a special commission to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in a potentially historic opening on a vexed issue for the Catholic Church.
Second place held by Japanese women and Icelandic and Swiss men
Over the past century, adult human height has changed substantially and varied vastly by country, with Dutch men and Latvian women listed as the world's tallest people, according to a new study released this week.
Opposition members in Indian parliament Wednesday created an uproar to protest the beating of two Muslim women by cow vigilantes in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
People on the Chinese mainland have made significant progress in the global ranking of height over the past century, new research shows.
Imperial College London looked at residents of 200 countries from 1914 to 2014
Women who have received fertility treatment can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast cancer, according to a 21-year follow-up study of women in the Netherlands.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Tuesday that it has approved 12.4 million U.S. dollar grant to help empower women in the continent.
It was almost midnight and President Rodrigo Duterte was in full flight at a news conference as he singled out a married TV reporter and told her: "You're again trying to catch my attention, aren't you?" Then, as she was asking him a question, he catcalled and tried a brief serenade. Most in the room laughed.
Multivitamins and mineral supplements in pregnancy are an “unnecessary expense” with no proven benefits for most well-nourished women or their babies, said a review of science data Tuesday.
The records of Japan's wartime exploitation of forced sex slaves, known as "comfort women," should be preserved as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World to spur much-needed vigilance, a South Korean scholar and activist has said.
"Wartime sex slavery happened. The victims have come forward to tell their brutal stories. So, we want their stories, written or in art form, to be remembered forever," said Rechilda Extremadura, director of a Philippine organization for wartime sex slaves.
German lawmakers unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that would make it easier to prosecute suspects of sexual violence and that defines rape as the violation of a woman’s will under the principle of “no means no.”
The epidemic of Zika virus drove a spike in requests for abortion help in countries that ban or restrict abortions, researchers said Wednesday.
Smartphone texting changes our brain wave patterns, which could impact cognitive functioning, according to a new study. Also in the news: advice on bathing a baby with eczema
Smartphone texting changes our brain wave patterns, which could impact cognitive functioning, according to a new study. Also in the news: advice on bathing a baby with eczema
In February, the World Health Organization declared the Zika epidemic a global public health emergency. Since then, drugmakers have been working to create vaccines that could protect against it.
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