20 minutes ago How a battle over what it means to be woman ended up in the UK’s highest court

Judges will rule on whether trans women should be considered female under the 2010 Equality Act

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50 minutes ago Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allegeBrazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power in January 2023, a federal police report has claimed.The report about the alleged plot to help the rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro cling to power was made public on Tuesday, and paints a chilling portrait of how close one of the world’s largest democracies came to being plunged back into authoritarian rule. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Brazil’s Bolsonaro participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says

Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed

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4 hours ago Sex is an 'immutable biological state', Supreme Court hears as women's rights campaign group challenges Scottish government over the definition of a woman

Feminist group For Women Scotland is arguing that trans women should not be able to fill roles meant for biological women.

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4 hours ago UK Supreme Court hears landmark legal challenge over how a 'woman' is defined in law

The U.K. Supreme Court has begun hearing a legal challenge focusing on the definition of “woman” in a long-running dispute between a women’s right campaign group and the Scottish government

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6 hours ago SNP Government challenged in Supreme Court over legal definition of a woman

For Women Scotland is challenging a definition of females enshrined in law passed by MSPs in 2018.

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8 hours ago Sex is an ‘immutable biological state’, Supreme Court appeal hearing told

A lawyer acting for campaign group For Women Scotland called on the court to uphold an appeal over the legal status of trans women.

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14 hours ago Gender recognition Scotland: Why the definition of a woman is being heard at UK Supreme Court

A case surrounding the legal definition of a woman will be heard in the UK Supreme Court today

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20 hours ago Supreme Court hearing which will determine the definition of a woman begins TODAY

A feminist group will argue trans women should not be able to fill roles for biological women under laws designed to ensure equal numbers of men and women on company boards.

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