Rural India powers global AI models
Bengaluru (India) (AFP) - Tending crops by day and then logging on for a night shift of data labelling, 27-year-old ...
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British energy giant BP extends shakeup with new CEO pick
London (AFP) - British energy giant BP, which this year shelved targets on reducing carbon emissions, has appointed industry veteran ...
Women sommeliers are cracking male-dominated wine world open
Paris (France) (AFP) - Women who have fought their way to the top of the male-dominated wine sommelier world say ...
Women don fake mustaches in LinkedIn ‘gender bias’ fight
Washington (AFP) - Flipping their gender setting to "male" and even posting photos with fake mustaches, a growing number of ...
Big lips and botox: In Trump’s world, fashion and makeup get political
Washington (AFP) - Long, blond, wavy hair, heavy makeup and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump's orbit, political ...
Big lips and botox: In Trump’s world, fashion and makeup get political
Washington (AFP) - Long, blond, wavy hair, heavy makeup and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump's orbit, political ...
Conservative Takaichi named Japan’s first woman PM
Tokyo (AFP) - Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative saying she wanted ...
China hawk Takaichi named Japan’s first woman PM
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social ...
‘Shut your mouth’: Low-paid women still waiting for their #MeToo
Bordeaux (AFP) - "You need the work," one woman said, "so you shut your mouth. " #MeToo may have helped ...
Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri out at Dior
Paris (AFP) - Dior announced Thursday that Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri was stepping down as artistic director of the ...
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