Soap opera upends Arab gender roles

Gun rights activists, like the National Rifle Association, say the AR-15, a semiautomatic rifle that was used in the Parkland shooting and in the Pulse Nightclub shooting, which killed 49 people in June 2016 in Orlando, Florida, doesn’t count as an assault rifle. It does, however, fall under “military style,” as it was originally modeled…

Bolivian Education Minister, Víctor Hugo Cárdenas, has announced that all students up to and including high school will pass the course due to the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “I would like to inform the parents that this year no pupil will fail at the initial, primary and secondary levels. We are in a…

This means children are being excluded from everyday activities and opportunities that an average British child enjoys. The charity Gingerbread says the estimated 1.7m single parent families are being let down by a lack of government and workplace support. Its ‘One in Four’ report provides a profile of the families in the UK today headed…

Image copyrightPAImage caption The archbishop said people showed their resilience after attacks The Archbishop of Canterbury has praised the compassion shown by communities responding to terror attacks and tragedy in 2017. In his new year message, Justin Welby said attacks in London and Manchester, and the Grenfell Tower fire, were met with heroism from the…

Forecasters are predicting a “very cold weekend” with “brisk” winds and the risk of snow showers. In some places, frosts are forecast to be “severe” and there is a chance the snow could spread to central, eastern and southern parts of the UK. Some snow showers could also be seen in the West, the Met…

Media playback is not supported on this device England’s Jade Jones takes gold in the women’s Para-triathlon Joe Townsend and Jade Jones won gold for England in the men’s and women’s Commonwealth Para-triathlon. In a dramatic men’s race, Australia’s Bill Chaffey collided with the barrier allowing Townsend, then third, to pass him before hauling in…