In recent years the Caribbean has been plagued by a string of catastrophic hurricanes. Last year Hurricane Beryl demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of multi-island SVG and left thousands homeless and without running water, electricity and food.
Caster Semenya recently gained a partial victory from the European Court of Human Rights in her ongoing legal struggle against track and field's sex eligibility rules, asserting her rights were violated.
This decision is a critical victory against discrimination and for equal justice under the law. But it's also a historic win in the fight against this administration's efforts to drive transgender people out of public life.
I can't believe what they're putting people through, she said. [I'm] just a law-abiding person, who has never broken the law in my life. I've always tried to do things by the book.
We are very pleased indeed that the Court of Appeal has allowed our client's appeal, and has recognised the critical importance of listening to and assessing the voices of young people at the heart of legal proceedings that profoundly affect their lives.
Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of President Trump's first term, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and concealing material facts from the US after a five-day trial.
After a six-year legal struggle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that the company had failed to justify paying its predominantly female sales consultants lower hourly wages than their male-dominated warehouse counterparts.
