23 July 2020
Joe Biden has promised to name his running mate by August 1. So with a little over a week to go, here are five of the women most likely to end up on his ticket.
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22 Jul: When Taliban militants killed her parents for refusing to pay protection money, Qamar Gul took her father's rifle and shot two of them dead. Now she's being praised as a hero by Afghans fearful of the Taliban's possible return to power.... more
22 Jul: A new report highlights an increase in online abuse in the Philippines, with aid groups concerned economic fallout from the pandemic could fuel exploitation and child marriage in South Asia, reversing years of hard-won gains to end those practices.... more
22 Jul: The report says there were open source indications Russia sought to influence the Brexit campaign but that the British Government did not look for deep evidence of meddling.... more
