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About 1 in 3 (30%) women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to the World Health Organization, WHO. .In its annual report of March 2021, the organization finds that  most of this violence is intimate partner sexual violence. But the violence is also committed by non-partners.

China has reacted angrily to the US government’s diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics, as more countries said they would consider joining the protest over Beijing’s human rights record and New Zealand announced it would not send representatives to the Games. Chinese officials dismissed Washington’s boycott as a “posturing and …

Anticipant une mise à la retraite de la station spatiale internationale, la NASA a annoncé jeudi avoir signé des contrats avec trois compagnies pour les aider à développer des stations spatiales privées. Il s'agit de Blue Origin, Nanoracks et Northrop Grumman.

L'administration Biden traverse une mauvaise passe, qui se ressent jusqu'aux plus hauts niveaux de l'Etat. L'étoile de la vice-présidente Kamala Harris pâlit. Perçue comme une succession naturelle à Joe Biden il y a un an, elle peine aujourd'hui à convaincre et suscite les critiques.

US President Joe Biden and Pope Francis engaged in talks on climate change, poverty and the coronavirus pandemic as the world’s two most prominent Roman Catholics met for an hour and a quarter at the Vatican on Friday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media giant will change the name of its holding company to Meta, in a rebrand that comes as the company faces a series of public relations crises.

This week's statement on Mr Kavala jointly came from the embassies of the US, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. Seven are fellow Nato allies of Turkey.

The Taliban is promising to protect women’s rights and press freedom in the group’s first news conference following its stunning takeover of Afghanistan as the group’s co-founder returned to the country.

The Taliban seized the cities of Ghazni and Herat on Thursday, in the most dramatic string of captures since launching their offensive.

Le géant de l'internet Facebook a annoncé en début de semaine la création d'une équipe dédiée au "métavers". Il s'agit d'un univers où réel et virtuel se fondent jusqu'à se confondre. Cette vision de science-fiction est déjà présente dans des jeux vidéo.