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PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee's glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation's first female and first African president in its 130-year history.
ZIMBABWE swimming great Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) glass ceiling on Thursday by becoming their first female and first African president.
CHINESE actress and director Jia Ling made history by becoming the first female filmmaker to have directed the highest-grossing film of the year, Sin Chew Daily reported.
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Ng Poh Tip, who passed away aged 81 yesterday, was a trailblazer who opened doors for many after her with her mentorship and achievements.
YESTERDAY was International Women's Day, so it's nice to be able to say that Malaysia has made significant progress in advancing women's rights over the years.
SHE thought she had made it. As the only female among a group of senior managers reporting to a managing director of a public-listed company, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
Luuma Dining & Bar is what one would call a hidden gem. We were reminded afresh that we shouldn’t judge a restaurant by the office building it occupied.
Lack of women leaders in major research projects and decision making is ‘worrying’, senior mathematician and CPPCC member Yuan Yaxiang saysFewer than 10 per cent of women scientists seen to have risen to ‘academician’ position in China, Yuan tells Xinhua
The Malaysian star became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday night for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'.
As part of the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, a log of Signal messages between Amazon leaders was made public. While the exact content of the Signal messages is not disclosed in the log, the dates and high-level descriptions of the messages are, as well as the names of the chat participants.
A report by UNESCO and UN Women shows women account for 45% of female researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean, compared with around 29% globally, the highest anywhere in the world.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin America's female scientists and researchers are packing a big punch despite a hard-to-break glass ceiling for top roles in academia and business, reflecting how women are on the march in a region often seen as a bastion of macho male culture.
SOUTH Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, one of the two women vying to be the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is known at home as a glass-ceiling breaker in a still male-dominated society.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Following the detonation of a 100kg World War II bomb on Tuesday (Sept 26), Wong Kwet Phin went straight home to inspect his fish tank, a gift from his late brother, and was relieved to find it was intact, with the fish inside all safe.
IPOH: Four women have created history by becoming the pioneer female pilots of the Police Air Wing Operations unit.
LONDON (Reuters) - Nottingham Forest have a 0% chance of winning the English title, according to Premier League data partner Opta, but fans of the Midlands club can be forgiven if they are dreaming of a fairytale.
ASUNCION (Reuters) - In Paraguay's election on Sunday, Soledad Nunez, a 40-year-old engineer and former minister, is looking to break into the South American country's male-dominated political arena as its first elected female vice president.
Tokyo: Women are a rare sight in Japanese politics, but 20-year-old Rinka Saito is determined to run for office one day because “you can’t have true democracy without diversity”.
The United States has been led by men for all of its 248 years, and that will continue for at least four more.
DOHA (Reuters) - Croatia and Morocco are the surprise guests in the World Cup's final four but, as the Croatians discovered in 2018 and many other long-shot semi-finalists have before them, the two remaining steps to become world champions can be the steepest.
