Did you know the first person to win an Emmy Award was a lady?! That's right. Lots of famous women in history have achieved important female firsts, paving ...
A 27-year-old female Chinese hiker, Dongying Qiu, went missing at Mt. Whitney, California in western U.S., since last Sunday. The rescuers are continuing to search for her and calling for all hikers to provide information. Oil prices keep rising ahead of OPEC meeting Oil prices settled hi...
Magdalena Andersson, Sweden's first female prime minister, stepped down on Wednesday just hours after her appointment. He resignation came after her coalition partner, the Greens, left the two-party minority government, following a budget defeat in the parliament. Andersson said "a ...
orthodox church and ultranationalists. president aleksandar vucic announced that ana brnabic, 41, was nominated as the prime minister-designate, which could also make her the first female head of government in the country's history. her cabinet needs formal approval by parliament next week. ...
South Korean parliament approves nomination of first female prime minister
LJUBLJANA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A new Slovenian parliament, elected at the general election on April 24, held its first session on Friday and for the first time in the country's history elected a female parliamentary speaker. Urska Klakocar Zupancic, a former judge, was elected to the post...
province’s next premier on saturday, although her opponent was not ready to concede the close race. stefanson, the province’s former health minister, defeated former member of parliament shelly glover by garnering 51 per cent of the more than 16,000 votes cast. glover’s secure...
UAE parliament elects first female speaker Amal Abdullah Juma Karam Al-Qubaisi is elected as speaker of the United Arab mirates (UAE) Federal National Council, the first woman to hold such a top post in the country or any other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, in Abu Dhabi, ...
Iceland has elected Europe's first female-majority parliament, a landmark for gender equality in the North Atlantic island nation. The Associated Press Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir speaks to the media after voting at a polling station in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, Sept. 25,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s new Parliament elected the country’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives after being sworn in Tuesday amid sometimes-violent protests against several new or proposed laws, including one that weakens the country’s anti-corruption agency. ...