Nearly 25 years ago, the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard -- a gay college student in Wyoming who was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die -- shocked America. . "Folks in Laramie left -- professors left, students left, residents left out of fear," recalls Judy Shepard, Matthew's mother.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hailed as "worthwhile" comments by female athletes questioning the apparent lack of research into the effect of the menstrual cycle on performance.. Asher-Smith's comments came in the wake of similar comments citing lack of research and of understanding by several leading female tennis and golf players who had complained of adverse effects on performance of period pains.
With Charles now king, who's who among the rest of the senior members of the British royal family?. - Peter Phillips - Princess Anne's rugby-loving son courted controversy when he advertised for Chinese company Bright Food, using his status as a "British royal family member" to promote the company's milk.
Whether a bespoke three-piece suit or the waxed jacket of the upper-class rural set, Charles's characteristic style has rarely strayed from the predictable during his decades in the public eye. . At his Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, western England, he cultivates the look of a gentleman farmer, hands buried deep in the huge pockets of a Barbour waxed jacket.
As Indonesia's capital Jakarta grapples with overflowing plastic waste and pollution pours into the sea, one burgeoning business is trying to turn rubbish into revenue.. As one of the initiators of the "Beach Clean Up Jakarta" movement, she saw how Jakarta is littered with plastic waste and was frustrated that little was being done to change the situation.
During her long life of public duty and protocol, Queen Elizabeth II occasionally shared in her subjects' ordinary lives -- often during sneaked or staged encounters.. Here are some of the best-known examples: - Princess goes incognito - As a 19-year-old princess, Elizabeth and her sister Margaret sneaked out of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945, mingling anonymously amongst the jubilant crowd.
Brightly coloured outfits, a matching hat and a pristine pair of gloves: Queen Elizabeth II's look was instantly recognisable and a self-created uniform styled to suit her role.. On weekends at one of her country residences, Elizabeth switched style and was often seen wearing a headscarf, raincoat and pair of boots.
A French court on Thursday sent a father-and-son dentist team to prison for years for needlessly removing teeth from hundreds of patients and fitting expensive dental bridges that left many disfigured and in pain.. The son told the court, "Never, but never, did I intend to injure or cause pain."
US health authorities announced Thursday they would carry out a clinical trial to test different dosing strategies of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, amid uncertainty over its effectiveness.. This strategy is meant to expand the availability of vaccines because it uses one-fifth of the standard dose.
The European Court of Human Rights said Thursday that French authorities had violated the privacy of a would-be blood donor by labelling him a homosexual, before laws were changed to allow gay men to donate.. His case was one of several challenges to the French ban on donations by homosexual men before the law was changed under pressure from gay rights groups.
