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A woman might win the presidency of Mexico when voters go to the polls on June 2. Young Indigenous women and girls in the state of Chiapas hope that this historic moment could bring progressive change, gender equality. (AP video by Fernanda Pesce)

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A woman will likely be Mexico's next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Tue,05/28/24-11:03PM , 50 Reads
PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., the girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this rural village of Tojolabal people in southern Mexico. They walk in silence. Some are headed to grind corn to make their family’s tortillas. Others fetch firewood to carry home, on their backs or with the help of a donkey.
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Pro-Palestinian Pasadena City College students walk out of class as they demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas war in Pasadena, Calif., on April 30, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism, including the U.S. college campus protests and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

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Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he's deflecting from his own problems
By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press
Tue,05/28/24-11:02PM , 96 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and top Hamas officials, the Israeli leader accused him of being one of “the great
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Emilia Wong catches up on reading letters from activist and partner Ventus Lau on her way back after visiting him at prison, in Hong Kong, Monday, March 25, 2024. For decades, Hong Kong's activists have been fighting for democracy. But a national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 has dramatically changed their lives. In the city's biggest national security case, 47 democracy advocates were charged in 2021 over their roles in an unofficial primary election. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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The toll of Beijing's security law on Hong Kong's activists
By KANIS LEUNG - Associatd Press
Tue,05/28/24-9:04PM , 54 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung, separated by a plexiglass barrier in a highly guarded Hong Kong jail.
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Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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US calls Algeria's proposed UN resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Tue,05/28/24-7:53PM , 49 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States said Wednesday a proposed U.N.
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