The worst place in the world to be a woman LISA SHANNON is a women’s-rights activist and co-founder of first sexual-violence centre in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Through Women for Women International she set up Run for Congo Women, a global effort to support more than 1,400 Congolese women battered by strife. Ms Shannon’s first book,…
At 29, Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani is the art world’s most powerful woman. THE starkly beautiful Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha, Qatar, is a fine setting for a dinner. Last month 200 dealers, collectors and curators gathered there for the opening of the first showing in the Middle East…
A recent study from the University of Illinois claims that a certain level of alcohol can push the mind out of its comfort zone, creating space for new insights and boosting the problem-solving process. It also found that people who’ve had a drink are quicker at solving really, really complicated problems. For example: can you…
We’ve all been there. Agence France-Presse reports that a German man in Munich allegedly had to flee to the police after a woman demanded too much sex. After several amicably agreed upon rolls in the hay, the man reportedly tried to leave the woman’s apartment. But she wouldn’t let him exit…
China cuts off internet access in bid to exert control As the Chinese government continues to tighten its control over the internet, the country became an island for roughly an hour on Thursday, with all access to websites beyond its borders cut off. Several Chinese internet companies said they could not comment on what had…
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A HOT COMMODITY By Jay Newton-Small | April 5, 2012 While in Australia visiting family for the holidays, I heard a story on the radio about how almost all Australian sperm — yes, the human kind — is imported from the U.S. How odd, I thought, I wonder why? When I got back…
Updated 2/4/2016 RUN OF HIS LIFE 02.02.16 8:00 PM ET ‘The People vs. O.J. Simpson’ Premiere: Big, Bold, and Shockingly Relevant The white Bronco. The bloody glove. It’s 1994 all over again. Yet FX’s new series proves the Trial of the Century is just as enthralling—and maybe more important—than ever. “Oh my god. We’re…