An American renowned advocate for the rights of disabled people, Judy Heumann died at the age of 75. Heumann died in Washington DC on Saturday, according to BBC. She was a globally recognized leader of the disability rights movement whose activism led to the implementation of major legislation in the United States. After contracting polio as a child, she became …

Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break, but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, and has sparked global outrage – including across the Muslim world. “It’s heartbreaking to see boys …

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a care package to victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The former Manchester United star has been deeply concerned by the tragic scenes that have left a huge death toll and severely impacted people’s lives. And Ronaldo has sent a plane full of aid to the areas devastated by the disaster …

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’s eldest daughter Jennifer welcomed her first baby with her husband Nayel Nassar. She also shared a post of the same on Instagram. She took to Instagram on Saturday to announce the news with an adorable picture. “Sending love from our healthy little family”, she wrote in the caption. Bill Gates also shared the same photo to …

The United States announced a new $400 million security aid package for Ukraine on Friday that features various types of ammunition for Kyiv’s forces. “This military assistance package includes more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS and howitzers, which Ukraine is using so effectively to defend itself,” the US State Department said in a statement, referring to precision rocket systems and artillery …

United States President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest in February, his doctor has revealed. The lesion, detected during a routine medical examination, was a basal cell carcinoma, which “do not tend to ‘spread’ or metastasize,” Biden’s physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said in a report made public by the White House on Friday. …

Jason Arday has achieved his once seemingly impossible dream of becoming a professor at the prestigious Cambridge University in England. The 37-year-old sociology of education professor, who couldn’t read or write until he was 18, was diagnosed with global development delay and autism spectrum disorder as a child, and couldn’t speak until age 11. Less than eight years ago, Arday …

African Heads of State have endorsed a declaration on “Building momentum for routine immunization recovery in Africa” intending to revitalize the momentum for all populations to have universal access to immunization to reduce mortality, morbidity, and disability. As key measures to revamp routine immunisation across the continent, the declaration is expected to help Member States to achieve their health SDGs …

A 28-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old estranged lover more than 16 times in full public view outside her office in east Bengaluru, India on Tuesday. Police have identified the victim as Leela Pavithra Nalamati from Kakinada, AP reports. She was an employee of Omega Healthcare Management Services Private Limited in Murugeshpalya. The accused, Dinakar Banala, from Srikakulam, Andhra, is …

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out any delay in elections after the devastating earthquake in February and said the vote would be held on 14 May. “(Turkish) people will do what is necessary on 14 May”, he told his ruling party lawmakers in the parliament in Ankara. The Turkish leader previously proposed holding the crunch election on …