Mexico is set to have its first female president in the upcoming general election next year. The ruling Morena Party has nominated former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who will face off against the candidate from the opposition party, Xóchitl Gálvez. How long can consumer spending prop up stocks? Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist known for …
The 2019 World Cup saw the US women’s soccer team suffer a disappointing performance. However, amidst the disappointment, the team received a record-breaking $3.25 million payout. This substantial sum is the result of a groundbreaking agreement made in 2019 between the USWNT and the US Soccer Federation. The agreement ensures equal pay for the women’s …
The introduction of the Ulez scheme by Mayor Sadiq Khan in 2019 has resulted in a charge of £12.50 per day for cars that are considered polluting, specifically pre-2015 diesel and pre-2006 petrol vehicles. Failure to pay the fee can result in charges of up to £180. Initially covering most of the city within the …
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In 2018, the Norwegian government’s announcement to increase fathers’ parental leave by five weeks was met with excitement from many Norwegians. However, not everyone was thrilled, including Nina Mikkelson, a mother whose child was still nursing. The increase in fathers’ share of parental leave meant less leave available to mothers. Mikkelson voiced her frustrations in …
Christopher Schroeder, an entrepreneur, investor, and father of two boys, shared with me how his views on childhood education changed after a conversation with the head of the National Cathedral Elementary School. His son Jack had been accepted to the school, but it was recommended that he wait a year to become emotionally and socially …
A recent study found that the popular AI tool, Stable Diffusion, which generates images from text prompts, is guilty of perpetuating harmful gender and racial stereotypes in its depiction of people in “high-paying” and “low-paying” jobs. The tool was asked to create 5,100 images from written prompts related to job titles in 14 fields, plus …