26 h. ago ‘Rape, sexual violence’: women in Australia’s military sue government

Women in Australia’s defence forces (ADF) launched a class-action lawsuit on Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment and discrimination. The case was served against the Australian government on behalf of women subjected to abuse at any time in a 21-year period between November 2003 and May 2025. “The threat of war often isn’t the biggest safety fear for female ADF personnel; it is the threat of sexual violence in their workplace,” said lawyer Josh Aylward of legal...

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5 d. ago UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sex abuse accuser, newspaper says

Britain’s Prince Andrew asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, days after the royal gave up his Duke of York title. London’s Metropolitan Police said it was “actively looking” into the allegations in the Mail on Sunday report. Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles, said on Friday...

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5 d. ago UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sex abuse accuser: report

Britain’s Prince Andrew asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, days after the royal gave up his Duke of York title. London’s Metropolitan Police said it was “actively looking” into the allegations in the Mail on Sunday report. Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles, said on Friday...

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1 week ago China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism

China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism  The New York Times

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2 w. ago French court ups jail term for man who challenged Pelicot rape conviction

A French appeal court handed a man a 10-year prison term on Thursday for raping Gisele Pelicot, increasing his original nine-year sentence. Husamettin Dogan, 44, was the only one to have maintained his appeal after the first trial last year of 51 men, including Pelicot’s husband Dominique Pelicot, in the case of mass sexual abuse. The former husband of 72-year-old Pelicot has admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of strangers to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade in a...

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2 w. ago Trump says he will consider pardons for Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

US President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Trump also said that Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, had requested a pardon. On the same day that the US Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s bid to overturn her conviction, Trump,...

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2 w. ago Trump opens door to pardon for Maxwell, says Diddy asked for one

US President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Trump also said that Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, had requested a pardon. On the same day that the US Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s bid to overturn her conviction, Trump,...

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3 w. ago Church of England names first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London, was announced on Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally, 63, a former chief nursing officer for England, will face serious challenges including divisions over the treatment of women and LGBTQ people. She will also have to confront concerns that church leaders have not done enough to stamp out the sexual abuse scandals that have dogged the church for more than a...

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4 w. ago US financier charged with sexually abusing women in New York ‘dungeon’

A retired US financier has been arrested on charges that he lured dozens of women, including former Playboy models, to be sexually and physically assaulted during encounters in his Central Park penthouse in a soundproofed room described in court papers as “The Dungeon”. Howard Rubin, 70, was arrested on Friday at his rental home in Fairfield, Connecticut, authorities said. He pleaded not guilty at a federal court in Brooklyn. His former personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, was also arrested at...

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