A new discovery sheds light on ancient Egypt’s most successful female pharaoh

Hatshepsut was no ordinary Egyptian ruler. After her husband died, Hatshepsut didn't just keep the "throne" warm for her stepson to come of age. She became a pharaoh in her own right, and in doing so, became one of ancient Egypt's first female rulers. While there were likely two or three female pharaohs during the "dynastic" period, […]

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Brazil’s Rousseff turns to women to fight impeachment

RIO DE JANEIRO — A feminist backlash erupted in Brazil after a magazine recently described a politician’s young wife as “beautiful, demure and of the home.” Now the issue has become enmeshed in the drama surrounding the country's political crisis. Brazilian women were incensed by that description of Marcela Temer, 32, whose husband, Michel Temer, is the vice […]

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See how India’s transgender community celebrated Hindu’s biggest festival

The transgender Indian community — called hijras — have been a part of Indian society and culture since ancient times,  but they remain largely on its margins, as beggars, street performers or sex workers. Although the Supreme Court officially recognized transgender people as a third gender in 2014, they are continuing to fight for acceptance, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/23/see-how-indias-transgender-community-celebrated-hindus-biggest-festival/

Queue? Obama’s use of British English makes Brits suspicious.

President Obama was in London on Friday, where he delivered a passionate plea to Britain to vote to remain in the European Union in an upcoming referendum. The American leader's intervention in the country's fierce "Brexit" row has proven remarkably divisive in London, with some politicians attacking him for being "anti-British" and others suggesting that Obama's part-Kenyan heritage […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/23/queue-obamas-use-of-british-english-makes-brits-suspicious/

Brutal heat wave in India puts 330 million people at risk

India is in the grips of a monstrous pre-monsoon heat wave that has killed more than 160 people in recent weeks. The majority of the deaths have been in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but soaring temperatures have compounded ongoing drought and water shortages across the country and threaten to impact as many as 330 […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/22/brutal-heat-wave-in-india-puts-330-million-people-at-risk/